The crontab file - Revision history

G0TRT: Added some crontab links and the set/external_ip job

2025-04-04T14:57:10Z

Added some crontab links and the set/external_ip job

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:57, 4 April 2025
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	==General Information==		==General Information==

	The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related.		Crontab is a tool for setting up cron jobs to automatically run scripts and commands at a predefined time. [https://linuxhandbook.com/crontab/ Details] and [https://crontab.guru/ tools] are useful for those new to cron. The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related.

	===The crontab file===		===The crontab file===
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	35 23 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")		35 23 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")
	07 03 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")		07 03 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")

			====Set your dynamic external ip address====

			#Check your dynamic external IP address and change it in dxspider if needed
			00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('set/external_ip')

G0TRT: Added EA3CV's update utility.

2025-04-03T13:53:16Z

Added EA3CV's update utility.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:53, 3 April 2025
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	===The crontab file===		===The crontab file===

			====Check for, and establish connections====

	Login as 'sysop' and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included a comment)		Login as 'sysop' and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included a comment)

	# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not		# Establish connections
	# start a connect job going		# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not, start a connect job going
	0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')		0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')

	The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, then a connect attempt will be started.		The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, then a connect attempt will be started.

	~~There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file~~ for. ~~If you want to know more about it~~, ~~look~~ at ~~the DXSpider website at the cron page where it~~ is ~~explained more fully~~.		====Keep DXspider up-to-date with the latest version====

			# Check for update using EA3CV's update utilities each night prior to update
			30 22 * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_cmd; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/check_build.pl -O /spider/local_cmd/check_build.pl')
			32 22 * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_cmd; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/undo_newbuild.pl -O /spider/local_cmd/undo_newbuild.pl')
			35 22 * * * run_cmd('load/cmd')
			#
			# Check for updates on weekdays at 23:35 and 03:07, avoiding contest times at weekends. Y 5 is yes to backups, and keep 5 of them.
			35 23 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")
			07 03 * * 1,2,3,4,5 run_cmd("check_build Y 5")

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2025-02-08T09:20:27Z

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DXSpider Documentation>G0vgs: Created page with "==General Information== The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related. ===The crontab file=== Login as 'sysop' and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included a comment) # check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not # start a connect job going 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx') The callsi..."

2023-01-24T18:42:17Z

Created page with "==General Information== The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related. ===The crontab file=== Login as 'sysop' and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included a comment) # check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not # start a connect job going 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx') The callsi..."

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==General Information==

The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related.

===The crontab file===

Login as 'sysop' and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included a comment)

# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
# start a connect job going
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')

The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, then a connect attempt will be started.

There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for. If you want to know more about it, look at the DXSpider website at the cron page where it is explained more fully.