One of the more important things a cluster sysop needs to do is to get -information to his users. The simplest way to do this is to have a banner -that is sent to the user on login. This is know as a "message of the day" -or "motd". To set this up, simply create a file in /spider/data called motd -and edit it to say whatever you want. It is purely a text file and will be -sent automatically to anyone logging in to the cluster. -
-
CVS stands for "Concurrent Versions System" and the CVS for DXSpider is held +at +Sourceforge. This means +that it is possible to update your DXSpider installation to the latest +sources by using a few simple commands. A graphical interface to CVS for +Windows is explained in the next section.
-If for any reason the cluster is down, maybe for upgrade or maintenance but -the machine is still running, a message can be sent to the user advising them -of the fact. This message lives in the /spider/data directory and is called -"offline". Simply create the file and edit it to say whatever you wish. -This file will be sent to a user attempting to log into the cluster when -DXSpider is not actually running. -
-
Please be aware that if you update your system using CVS, it is possible that +you could be running code that is very beta and not fully tested. There is +a possibility that it could be unstable.
-You can set other text messages to be read by the user if they input the file -name. This could be for news items or maybe information for new users. -To set this up, make a directory under /spider called packclus. -Under this directory you can create files called news or newuser -for example. In fact you can create files with any names you like. These can -be listed by the user with the command .... -
-
-
-show/files
-
-They can be read by the user by typing the command .... -
-
-
-type news
-
-If the file they want to read is called news. You could also set -an alias for this in the Alias file to allow them just to type news -
-
You can also store other information in this directory, either directly or -nested under directories. One use for this would be to store DX bulletins -such as the OPDX bulletins. These can be listed and read by the user. -To keep things tidy, make a directory under /spider/packclus called -bulletins. Now copy any OPDX or similar bulletins into it. These -can be listed by the user in the same way as above using the show/files -command with an extension for the bulletins directory you have just created, -like this .... -
-
-
-show/files bulletins
-
--
An example would look like this .... +
I am of course assuming that you have a machine with both DXSpider and +Internet access running.
+ +BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER STARTING WITH THIS MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR +ENTIRE SPIDER TREE!!
+ +Assuming you are connected to the Internet, you need to login to the +CVS repository and then update your Spider source. There are several +steps which are listed below ...
+ +First login as the user sysop. Next you need to connect to the CVS +repository. You do this with the command below ...
-
-sh/files
-bulletins DIR 20-Dec-1999 1715Z news 1602 14-Dec-1999 1330Z
+cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider login
-You can see that in the files area (basically the packclus directory) there is a -file called news and a directory called bulletins. You can -also see that dates they were created. In the case of the file news, -you can also see the time it was last modified, a good clue as to whether the -file has been updated since you last read it. To read the file called -news you would simply issue the command .... +
+You will get a password prompt. Simply hit return here and your machine should +return to a normal linux prompt.
+ +What happens next depends on whether you have an existing installation that +you want to update with the latest and greatest or whether you just want +to see what is there and/or run it on a new machine for testing.
+If you are installing Spider from CVS then change directory to /home/sysop
+If you are wanting to update Spider then cd to /tmp
+ +The next step will create a brand new 'spider' directory in your current +directory.
-
-type news
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider co spider
-To look what is in the bulletins directory you issue the command .... +
+This command is all on one line.
+ +Hopefully your screen should show you downloading files. The -z3 simply compresses +the download to improve speed. +When this has finished, you will have exactly the same as if you had untarred a full +tarball PLUS some extra directories and files that CVS needs to do the magic that +it does.
+ +Now if you are doing a new installation, that's it. Carry on as if you have +just downloaded and untarred the lastest tarball.
+ +If you want to upgrade your current installation then do this ...
-show/files bulletins
-opdx390 21381 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx390.1 1670 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx390.2 2193 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx391 25045 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx392 35969 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx393 15023 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx394 33429 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx394.1 3116 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx395 24319 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx396 32647 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx396.1 5537 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx396.2 6242 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx397 18433 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx398 19961 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx399 17719 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx400 19600 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx401 27738 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx402 18698 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx403 24994 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx404 15685 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx405 13984 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx405.1 4166 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx406 28934 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx407 24153 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-opdx408 15081 29-Nov-1999 1621Z opdx409 23234 29-Nov-1999 1621Z
-Press Enter to continue, A to abort (16 lines) >
+tar cvfz /tmp/s.tgz spider
+cd /
+tar xvfzp /tmp/s.tgz
You can now read any file in this directory using the type command, like this .... +
+This is assuming you downloaded to the /tmp directory of course.
+ +NOTE: the 'p' on the end of the 'xvfz' is IMPORTANT! It keeps the permissions +correct. YOU WERE LOGGED IN AS THE USER SYSOP WEREN'T YOU?????
+Remember to recompile the C client (cd /spider/src; make)
+ +At this point the files have been upgraded. You can (usually) restart the cluster +in your own time. However, if you attempt to use any new commands or features +expect it to be fatal! At least your cluster will have been restarted then so it +will be too late to worry about it!
+ +Now the magic part! From now on when you want to update, simply connect to the +Internet and then, as the user sysop ...
-type bulletins/opdx391
-Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 391
-The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
-DX Bulletin No. 391
-BID: $OPDX.391
-January 11, 1999
-Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
-Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
-Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
-Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
-Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, K1XN & Golist, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH
-& The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K3TEJ, KN4UG, W4DC, NC6J, N6HR,
-Press Enter to continue, A to abort (508 lines) >
+cd /spider
+cvs -z3 update -d
The page length will of course depend on what you have it set to! -
-
and your files will be updated. As above, remember to recompile the "C" client +if it has been updated (CVS will tell you) and restart if any of the perl scripts +have been altered or added, again, CVS will tell you.
+ +You will find any changes documented in the /spider/Changes file.
+ +You will find a file in /spider/cmd/ called Aliases. First, copy this file to -/spider/local_cmd/Aliases and edit this file. You will see something like this ... -
+
After the initial setup, an update to your DXSpider software is no more than a couple +of clicks away. This section is intended to explain and illustrate the use of the +WinCVS application to update your DXSpider software. The current stable version of +WinCVS is Ver. 1.2. You can get this software at:
++http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cvsgui/WinCvs120.zip
+Pick your download mirror and then install WinCVS after the download is complete.
+In this next section I have included a series of links to .jpg files to take advantage of the +picture and 1000 words equivalency. The .jpg files are in the C:\spider\html directory. If +someone using a Linux system is reading this section from boredom, the files are in +/home/sysop/spider/html. One aside, a Linux user can also get a copy of gcvs and do your updates +graphically as opposed to from the command line. The following descriptions are almost identical +between WinCvs and gcvs. The following screen shots have duplicate links, depending upon whether +you are viewing this information under the Windows or Linux operating system.
+When WinCVS is installed, running, and you are connected to the internet, the initial screen looks like:
+ +If you want, you can also look at these .jpg files with another viewer that might provide some +better clarity to the image. On the left is the directory tree for your hard disk. Notice that +the spider directory has a gray highlight.
+To start configuring WinCVS, click on Admin at the top of the screen and then Preferences. This +should get you:
+ +In the top line for CVSROOT, enter:
-
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# provide some standard aliases for commands for terminally
-# helpless ak1a user (helpless in the sense that they never
-# read nor understand help files)
-
-# This file is automagically reloaded if its modification time is
-# later than the one stored in CmdAlias.pm
-
-# PLEASE make this file consistant with reality! (the patterns MUST
-# match the filenames!)
-
-# Don't alter this file, copy it into the local_cmd tree and modify it.
-# This file will be replaced everytime I issue a new release.
-
-# You only need to put aliases in here for commands that don't work as
-# you desire naturally, e.g sh/dx on its own just works as you expect
-# so you need not add it as an alias.
-
-
-
-package CmdAlias;
-
-%alias = (
- '?' => [
- '^\?', 'apropos', 'apropos',
- ],
- 'a' => [
- '^ann.*/full', 'announce full', 'announce',
- '^ann.*/sysop', 'announce sysop', 'announce',
- '^ann.*/(.*)$', 'announce $1', 'announce',
- ],
- 'b' => [
- ],
- 'c' => [
- ],
- 'd' => [
- '^del', 'kill', 'kill',
- '^del\w*/fu', 'kill full', 'kill',
- '^di\w*/a\w*', 'directory all', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/b\w*', 'directory bulletins', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/n\w*', 'directory new', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/o\w*', 'directory own', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/s\w*', 'directory subject', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/t\w*', 'directory to', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/f\w*', 'directory from', 'directory',
- '^di\w*/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
- ],
- 'e' => [
- ],
- 'f' => [
- ],
- 'g' => [
- ],
- 'h' => [
- ],
- 'i' => [
- ],
- 'j' => [
- ],
- 'k' => [
- ],
- 'l' => [
- '^l$', 'directory', 'directory',
- '^ll$', 'directory', 'directory',
- '^ll/(\d+)', 'directory $1', 'directory',
- ],
- 'm' => [
- ],
- 'n' => [
- '^news', 'type news', 'type',
- ],
- 'o' => [
- ],
- 'p' => [
- ],
- 'q' => [
- '^q', 'bye', 'bye',
- ],
- 'r' => [
- '^r$', 'read', 'read',
- '^rcmd/(\S+)', 'rcmd $1', 'rcmd',
- ],
- 's' => [
- '^s/p$', 'send', 'send',
- '^sb$', 'send noprivate', 'send',
- '^set/home$', 'set/homenode', 'set/homenode',
- '^set/nobe', 'unset/beep', 'unset/beep',
- '^set/nohe', 'unset/here', 'unset/here',
- '^set/noan', 'unset/announce', 'unset/announce',
- '^set/nodx', 'unset/dx', 'unset/dx',
- '^set/nota', 'unset/talk', 'unset/talk',
- '^set/noww', 'unset/wwv', 'unset/wwv',
- '^set/nowx', 'unset/wx', 'unset/wx',
- '^sh$', 'show', 'show',
- '^sh\w*/buck', 'dbshow buck', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/bu', 'show/files bulletins', 'show/files',
- '^sh\w*/c/n', 'show/configuration nodes', 'show/configuration',
- '^sh\w*/c$', 'show/configuration', 'show/configuration',
- '^sh\w*/com', 'dbavail', 'dbavail',
- '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/dx $1-$2', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/dx/(\d+)', 'show/dx $1', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/dx/d(\d+)', 'show/dx from $1', 'show/dx',
- '^sh\w*/email', 'dbshow email', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/hftest', 'dbshow hftest', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/vhftest', 'dbshow vhftest', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/qsl', 'dbshow qsl', 'dbshow',
- '^sh\w*/tnc', 'who', 'who',
- '^sh\w*/up', 'show/cluster', 'show/cluster',
- '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)-(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1-$2', 'show/wwv',
- '^sh\w*/w\w*/(\d+)', 'show/wwv $1', 'show/wwv',
- '^sp$', 'send', 'send',
-
- ],
- 't' => [
- '^ta$', 'talk', 'talk',
- '^t$', 'talk', 'talk',
- ],
- 'u' => [
- ],
- 'v' => [
- ],
- 'w' => [
- '^wx/full', 'wx full', 'wx',
- '^wx/sysop', 'wx sysop', 'wx',
- ],
- 'x' => [
- ],
- 'y' => [
- ],
- 'z' => [
- ],
-)
+anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider login
You can create aliases for commands at will. Beware though, these may not -always turn out as you think. Care is needed and you need to test the -results once you have set an alias. -
-
In later versions of Spider a simple console program is provided for the sysop. -This has a type ahead buffer with line editing facilities and colour for spots, -announces etc. To use this program, simply use console.pl instead of client.pl. -
-
To edit the colours, copy /spider/perl/Console.pl to /spider/local and edit the -file with your favourite editor. -
-
Spider has a powerful and flexible show/satellite command. In order for -this to be accurate, the kepler data has to be updated regularly. In -general, this data is available as an email or via cluster mail. -Updating it is simple. First you need to export the mail message as a -file. You do this with the export command from the cluster prompt -as the sysop. For example ... -
+
+and select
-export 5467 /spider/perl/keps.in
+"passwd" file on the cvs server
would export message number 5467 as a file called keps.in in the -/spider/perl directory. -
Now login to a VT as sysop and cd /spider/perl. There is a command in -the perl directory called convkeps.pl. All we need to do now is -convert the file like so ... -
+
+for Authentication on the General tab.
+Next, move to the right to the Ports tab.
+ +In here, check the box on the second line down for the "pserver" port. Enter a port number of 2401.
+Finally, go to the WinCvs tab all the way to the right.
+ +Enter Notepad as the viewer to open files. For the HOME folder, put "C:\spider" and click OK +because the configuration is now complete.
+You are now ready to upgrade your copy of DXSpider. Click on the greyed Spider folder +shown in the directory tree on the left of the WinCVS display. Two things should happen. The Spider +folder will be selected and the greyed-out arrow located just below the word Query in the top line will +turn to solid green.
+For anyone using gcvs under Linux, the green arrow is located on the extreme left of the display, +under the word File. A gcvs screen looks like:
+ +Click on the now green arrow to start the download process. An Update Settings box will be displayed +to which you can simply say OK.
+ +For future reference, the Update Settings box is the place where you can enter information to revert +to a prior version of DXSpider. Information on reverting to a Before Date is contained in the WinCVS +manual.
+After a short period of time, a series of file names will scroll by in the lower pane of the WinCVS +window. Eventually you should see
-./convkeps.pl keps.in
+*****CVS exited normally with code 0*****
Now go back to the cluster and issue the command ... + +appear in the lower pane. You're done. The updated files are in place ready for you to stop and then +restart your DXSpider. After the restart, you're running with the latest version of DXSpider.
+To paraphrase from the CVS section... Now the magic part! From now on when you want to update, simply +connect to the Internet and start WinCVS.
-load/keps
+Click on the greyed-out Spider directory in the left screen
+Click on the green down arrow
+Click OK on the Update Settings dialog box
+Restart your Spider software
That is it! the kepler data has been updated. -
-
+
+