<!-- Title information -->
-<title>The DXSpider FAQ
-<author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
-<date>Version 0.4 March 2001
+<title>The DXSpider FAQ</title>
+<author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)</author>
+<date>$Date$ $Revision$</date>
<abstract>
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
</abstract>
<sect1>How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
<P>
-Use the tmpwatch command. Add a line in /etc/cron.daily like this ...
+Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ...
<tscreen><verb>
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
</verb></tscreen>
+Remember to make it executable!
+
This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+<sect1>I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
+
+<P>
+Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow these
+few steps to correct the problem.
+
+<itemize>
+<item>stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)
+<item>cd /spider/data
+<item>issue the command perl user_asc
+<item>restart the cluster
+</itemize>
+
+That should solve the problem.
+
</article>