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-
The DXSpider FAQ
-Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
-Version 0.3 January 2001
+The DXSpider FAQ
+Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
+$Date$ $Revision$
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
@@ -111,5 +111,32 @@ forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. You will need to issue
the command load/forward or restart Spider for the changes to
take effect.
+How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
+
+
+Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ...
+
+
+/usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+
+
+Remember to make it executable!
+
+This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+
+I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
+
+
+Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow these
+few steps to correct the problem.
+
+
+- stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)
+
- cd /spider/data
+
- issue the command perl user_asc
+
- restart the cluster
+
+
+That should solve the problem.