+# is it remotely connected anywhere (with exact callsign) and on node?
+sub present_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ return ($node) ? grep $call eq $_, $node->users : undef;
+}
+
+# is it remotely connected (ignoring SSIDS) and on node?
+sub presentish_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ my $present;
+ if ($node) {
+ $present = grep {/^$call/ } $node->users;
+ }
+ return $present;
+}
+
+# last time this thing was connected
+sub last_connect
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ return $main::systime if DXChannel::get($call);
+ my $user = DXUser::get($call);
+ return $user ? $user->lastin : 0;
+}
+
+# disconnect a locally connected thing
+sub disconnect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ run_cmd("disconnect $call");
+}
+
+# start a connect process off
+sub start_connect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ # connecting is now done in one place - Yeah!
+ run_cmd("connect $call");
+}
+
+# spawn any old job off
+sub spawn
+{
+ my $line = shift;
+
+ my $pid = fork();
+ if (defined $pid) {
+ if (!$pid) {
+ # in child, unset warnings, disable debugging and general clean up from us
+ $^W = 0;
+ eval "{ package DB; sub DB {} }";
+ DXChannel::closeall();
+ for (@main::listeners) {
+ $_->close_server;
+ }
+ unless ($main::is_win) {
+ $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE';
+ $SIG{CHLD} = $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{INT} = $SIG{__WARN__} = 'DEFAULT';
+ alarm(0);
+ }
+ exec "$line" or dbg("exec '$line' failed $!") if isdbg('cron');
+ }
+ dbg("spawn of $line started") if isdbg('cron');
+ } else {
+ dbg("can't fork for $line $!") if isdbg('cron');
+ }
+
+ # coordinate
+ sleep(1);
+}
+
+# do an rcmd to another cluster from the crontab
+sub rcmd
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $line = shift;
+
+ # can we see it? Is it a node?
+ my $noderef = Route::Node::get($call);
+ return unless $noderef && $noderef->version;
+
+ # send it
+ DXProt::addrcmd($main::me, $call, $line);
+}
+
+sub run_cmd
+{
+ my $line = shift;
+ my @in = DXCommandmode::run_cmd($main::me, $line);
+ dbg("cmd run: $line") if isdbg('cron');
+ for (@in) {
+ s/\s*$//og;
+ dbg("cmd out: $_") if isdbg('cron');
+ }
+}