From: minima Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:35:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: final bits of colouration and improvements to text X-Git-Tag: R_1_48~70 X-Git-Url: http://dxcluster.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8226f808e4c1ac2cbc6b005a59ee9958badce839;p=spider.git final bits of colouration and improvements to text --- diff --git a/html/connect.html b/html/connect.html index 5ad00ccf..885f52fa 100644 --- a/html/connect.html +++ b/html/connect.html @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@

-Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001 +Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:33:58 BST 2001

At the moment, anybody can connect inwards at any time from outside, either by ax25 or by telnet (assuming you have followed the instructions in installation @@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001 abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail) # don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call! connect ax25 /usr/sbin/netrom_call bbs gb7djk-0 g1tlh-0 - 'Connected' '' 'Connected' 'c np7' '*** Connect' 'c gb7dxm' 'Connect' '' @@ -79,7 +78,13 @@ Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001

The -0 ssid is important if you want it to work reliably. Obviously if you are using a different ssid then you would use that. You can use the Netrom alias instead if it - it is in the machines node table

+ it is in the machines node table.

+ +

The line: "'Connected' ''" means: wait for + the string Connected and when that is seen, then move onto the next line + without sending anything. The reason you do this (in this case) is to wait + for the final "connect" string from the BPQ node that directly connects you to the + cluster node itself.

A AGW Engine example would be very similar and look like this:-

@@ -87,7 +92,6 @@ Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001 timeout 60 abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail) connect agw 2 g1tlh - '*** Connected' '' '*** Connect' 'c np7' 'Connected' 'c gb7dxm' 'Connect' '' @@ -187,18 +191,18 @@ Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001 ignored, as are wholly blank lines.

-
  • timeout followed by a number is the number of +
  • timeout followed by a number is the number of seconds to wait for a command to complete. If there is no - timeout specified in the script then the default is 60 + timeout specified in the script then the default is 60 seconds.

    -
  • abort is a regular expression containing one or +
  • abort is a regular expression containing one or more strings to look for to abort a connection. This is a perl regular expression and is executed ignoring case.

    -
  • connect followed by ax25, telnet or agw +
  • connect followed by ax25, telnet or agw and some type dependent information.

    In the case of a @@ -218,22 +222,26 @@ Last modified: Sun Sep 2 21:12:19 BST 2001 from 1) and the callsign of the first "hop" along the way.

    -

  • ' is the delimiting character for a word or - phrase of an expect/send line in a chat type - script. The words/phrases normally come in pairs, either can - be empty. Each line reads input from the connection until it - sees the string (or perl regular expression) contained in the - left hand string. If the left hand string is empty then it - doesn't read or wait for anything. The comparison is done - ignoring case. +
  • ' is the delimiting character for a word or phrase + of an expect/send line. The words/phrases normally come + in pairs, but either can be empty. Each line reads input from + the connection until it sees the string (or perl regular + expression) that + is contained in the left hand string. If the left hand + string is empty then it doesn't read or wait for anything. The + comparison is done ignoring case. + +

    When the left hand string has found what it is expecting (if + it is) then the right hand string is sent to the connection. -

    When the left hand string has found what it is looking (if - it is) then the right hand string is sent to the connection. +

    If the right hand string is empty ('') then nothing is sent, the + script simply moves onto the next line.

    This process is repeated for every line of chat script.

    -

  • client starts the connection, put the arguments +
  • client starts the connection, put the arguments you would want here if you were starting the client program manually. You only need this if the script has a different name to the callsign you are trying to connect to (i.e. you