X-Git-Url: http://dxcluster.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=sgml%2Fadminmanual.sgml;h=b2d234535103ddda4ad58be2e8e7d3096aca2684;hb=4f3bdfa16cf0d5adf08ef13fc06384e39db485c6;hp=da942c37303cd1ed89066968151b49afaf46da41;hpb=8945b9430ce1c821384e59ea10d06bc561750702;p=spider.git diff --git a/sgml/adminmanual.sgml b/sgml/adminmanual.sgml index da942c37..b2d23453 100644 --- a/sgml/adminmanual.sgml +++ b/sgml/adminmanual.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+This line works fine for RedHat and SuSE distributions. The line required for
+Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to Aurelio, PA3EZL for
+this information.
+
+
This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart
it should it crash for any reason.
@@ -1502,6 +1511,123 @@ Please be careful not to flood the cluster network with unnecessary mail.
Make sure you only send mail to the clusters that want it by using the
Forward.pl file very carefully.
+
+Spider allows the creation of local or remote databases. It supports
+chained databases, allowing several different databases to be scanned
+with one simple command. Importing of databases is limited at present
+to the standard AK1A databases such as OBLAST and the DB0SDX QSL
+database but will expand with time.
+
+
+Creating a database could not be more simple. All the commands are
+sent from the cluster prompt as the sysop user.
+
+To create a database you use the command dbcreate. It can
+be used in 3 different ways like so ..
+
+
+The only databases that Spider can currently import are the standard
+AK1A databases such as OBLAST or the DB0SDX qsl and address database.
+This will be added to with time.
+
+To import such a database, first put the file somewhere useful like /tmp
+and then issue the following command ...
+
+
+Once a database is created, you will want to check that it has been
+added. To do this use the dbavail command. This will
+output the available databases. For example ...
+
+
+To look for information in a defined database, simply use the dbshow
+command, for example ...
+
+
+To delete an existing database you use the dbremove command.
+For example ...
+
+
+The command sh/qrz will only work once you have followed a few
+simple steps. First you need to get a user ID and password from qrz.com.
+Simply go to the site and create one. Secondly you need to copy the file
+/spider/perl/Internet.pm to /spider/local and alter it to match your user
+ID and password. You also at this point need to set $allow=1 to complete
+the setup. Many thanks to Fred Lloyd, the proprieter of
+
The next step will create a brand new 'spider' directory in your current
@@ -1901,7 +2038,7 @@ 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) restrt the cluster
+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!
@@ -4031,6 +4168,18 @@ Show which nodes are currently set to be isolated.
Show a list of callsigns that have been excluded (locked out) of the
cluster locally with the set/lockout command
+
+
+
+This command outputs a short section of the system log. On its own
+it will output a general logfile. With the optional callsign it will
+show output from the log associated with that callsign.
+