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<P>If all is well then login on another term or console as <EM>sysop</EM> and
-cd to /spider/perl. Now issue the following command ...
+cd to /spider/src. Now issue the following command ...
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<P>and both the cluster and the client should return to Linux prompts.
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+<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 The Client program</A>
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+<P>In earlier versions of Spider, all the processes were Perl scripts. This
+was fine but with a lot of users your computer memory would soon be used up.
+To combat this a new client was written in "C". This client only works for
+<EM>incoming</EM> connects at the moment. Before you can use it though it
+has to be "made". CD to /spider/src and type <EM>make</EM>. You
+should see the output on your screen and hopefully now have a small C program
+called <EM>client</EM>. Leave it in this directory.
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