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The DXSpider Administration Manual v1.50

Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net), and Charlie Carroll, K1XX, (k1xx@ptcnh.net)

February 2003 revision 0.3

A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.

1. Routing and Filtering

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Route Filters
1.3 The node_default filter
1.4 General route filtering
1.5 General filter rules
1.6 Types of filter
1.7 Filter options
1.8 Default filters
1.9 Advanced filtering
1.10 Basic hop control
1.11 Hop Control on Specific Nodes
1.12 Isolating networks

2. Other filters

2.1 Filtering Mail
2.2 Filtering words from text fields in Announce, Talk and DX spots
2.3 Stopping (possibly bad) DX Spots from Nodes or Spotters

3. Mail

3.1 Personal mail
3.2 Bulletin mail
3.3 Forward.pl
3.4 The msg command
3.5 Message status
3.6 Filtering mail
3.7 Distribution lists
3.8 BBS interface

4. Scripts

5. Databases

5.1 Creating databases
5.2 Importing databases
5.3 Checking available databases
5.4 Looking up databases
5.5 Removing databases

6. Information, files and useful programs

6.1 MOTD
6.2 MOTD_NOR
6.3 Downtime message
6.4 Other text messages
6.5 The Aliases file
6.6 Console.pl
6.7 Updating kepler data
6.8 The QRZ callbook
6.9 Connecting logging programs

7. Java Web applet

8. Web based statistics

9. Security

9.1 Registration
9.2 Passwords

10. CVS

10.1 CVS from a Linux platform
10.2 CVS from a Windows platform

11. The DXSpider command set

11.1 accept (0)
11.2 accept/announce <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.3 accept/announce [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.4 accept/route <call> [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.5 accept/spots <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.6 accept/spots [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.7 accept/wcy <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.8 accept/wcy [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.9 accept/wwv <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.10 accept/wwv [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.11 announce <text> (0)
11.12 announce full <text> (0)
11.13 announce sysop <text> (5)
11.14 apropos <string> (0)
11.15 blank [<string>] [<nn>] (0)
11.16 bye (0)
11.17 catchup <node call> all|[<msgno> ...] (5)
11.18 clear/announce <callsign> [input] [0-9|all] (8)
11.19 clear/announce [1|all] (0)
11.20 clear/route <callsign> [input] [0-9|all] (8)
11.21 clear/route [1|all] (0)
11.22 clear/spots <callsign> [input] [0-9|all] (8)
11.23 clear/spots [0-9|all] (0)
11.24 clear/wcy <callsign> [input] [0-9|all] (8)
11.25 clear/wcy [1|all] (0)
11.26 clear/wwv <callsign> [input] [0-9|all] (8)
11.27 clear/wwv [1|all] (0)
11.28 connect <callsign> (5)
11.29 dbavail (0)
11.30 dbshow <dbname> <key> (0)
11.31 directory (0)
11.32 directory <from>-<to> (0)
11.33 directory <nn> (0)
11.34 directory all (0)
11.35 directory from <call> (0)
11.36 directory new (0)
11.37 directory own (0)
11.38 directory subject <string> (0)
11.39 directory to <call> (0)
11.40 directory- (5)
11.41 disconnect <call> [<call> ...] (8)
11.42 dx [by <call>] <freq> <call> <remarks> (0)
11.43 echo <line> (0)
11.44 filtering... (0)
11.45 forward/latlong <node_call> (8)
11.46 forward/opernam <call> (1)
11.47 help (0)
11.48 init <node> (5)
11.49 kill (5)
11.50 kill <from msgno>-<to msgno> (0)
11.51 kill <from>-<to> (5)
11.52 kill <msgno> [<msgno..] (0)
11.53 kill <msgno> [<msgno> ...] (0)
11.54 kill expunge <msgno> [<msgno..] (6)
11.55 kill from <call> (5)
11.56 kill full <msgno> [<msgno..] (5)
11.57 kill full <msgno> [<msgno] (5)
11.58 kill to <call> (5)
11.59 kill from <regex> (0)
11.60 kill to <regex> (0)
11.61 links (0)
11.62 load/keps (5)
11.63 load/keps [nn] (5)
11.64 merge <node> [<no spots>/<no wwv>] (5)
11.65 pc <call> <text> (8)
11.66 ping <node call> (1)
11.67 rcmd <node call> <cmd> (1)
11.68 read (0)
11.69 read <msgno> (0)
11.70 read- (5)
11.71 reject (0)
11.72 reject/announce <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.73 reject/announce [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.74 reject/route <call> [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.75 reject/spots <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.76 reject/spots [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.77 reject/wcy <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.78 reject/wcy [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.79 reject/wwv <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern> (8)
11.80 reject/wwv [0-9] <pattern> (0)
11.81 reply (0)
11.82 reply <msgno> (0)
11.83 reply b <msgno> (0)
11.84 reply noprivate <msgno> (0)
11.85 reply rr <msgno> (0)
11.86 send <call> [<call> ...] (0)
11.87 send copy <msgno> <call> (0)
11.88 send noprivate <call> (0)
11.89 send private <call> (0)
11.90 send rr <call> (0)
11.91 set/address <your address> (0)
11.92 set/announce (0)
11.93 set/anntalk (0)
11.94 set/arcluster <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.95 set/baddx <call>.. (8)
11.96 set/badnode <call>.. (8)
11.97 set/badspotter <call>.. (8)
11.98 set/badword <word>.. (8)
11.99 set/bbs <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.100 set/beep (0)
11.101 set/clx <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.102 set/dx (0)
11.103 set/dxgrid (0)
11.104 set/dxnet <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.105 set/dxstate (0)
11.106 set/echo (0)
11.107 set/email <email> ... (0)
11.108 set/here (0)
11.109 set/homenode <node> (0)
11.110 set/hops <call> ann|spots|route|wwv|wcy <n> (8)
11.111 set/language <lang> (0)
11.112 set/location <lat & long> (0)
11.113 set/logininfo (0)
11.114 set/name <your name> (0)
11.115 set/node <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.116 set/obscount <count> <call> (8)
11.117 set/page <lines per page> (0)
11.118 set/password (0)
11.119 set/prompt <string> (0)
11.120 set/qra <locator> (0)
11.121 set/qth <your qth> (0)
11.122 set/spider <call> [<call>..] (5)
11.123 set/talk (0)
11.124 set/wcy (0)
11.125 set/wwv (0)
11.126 set/wx (0)
11.127 show/baddx (1)
11.128 show/badnode (1)
11.129 show/badspotter (1)
11.130 show/badword (1)
11.131 show/configuration [<node>] (0)
11.132 show/configuration/node (0)
11.133 show/connect (1)
11.134 show/date [<prefix>|<callsign>] (0)
11.135 show/db0sdx <callsign> (0)
11.136 show/dx (0)
11.137 show/dxcc <prefix> (0)
11.138 show/dxstats [days] [date] (0)
11.139 show/files [<filearea> [<string>]] (0)
11.140 show/filter (0)
11.141 show/hfstats [days] [date] (0)
11.142 show/hftable [days] [date] [prefix ...] (0)
11.143 show/hops <call> [ann|spots|route|wcy|wwv] (8)
11.144 show/isolate (1)
11.145 show/log [<callsign>] (8)
11.146 show/moon [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>] (0)
11.147 show/muf <prefix> [<hours>][long] (0)
11.148 show/newconfiguration [<node>] (0)
11.149 show/newconfiguration/node (0)
11.150 show/node [<callsign> ...] (1)
11.151 show/prefix <callsign> (0)
11.152 show/program (5)
11.153 show/qra <lat> <long> (0)
11.154 show/qra <locator> [<locator>] (0)
11.155 show/qrz <callsign> (0)
11.156 show/route <callsign> ... (0)
11.157 show/satellite <name> [<hours> <interval>] (0)
11.158 show/station all [<regex>] (6)
11.159 show/station [<callsign> ..] (0)
11.160 show/sun [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>] (0)
11.161 show/time [<prefix>|<callsign>] (0)
11.162 show/usdb [call ..] (0)
11.163 show/vhfstats [days] [date] (0)
11.164 show/vhftable [days] [date] [prefix ...] (0)
11.165 show/wcy (0)
11.166 show/wcy <n> (0)
11.167 show/wm7d <callsign> (0)
11.168 show/wwv (0)
11.169 show/wwv <n> (0)
11.170 shutdown (5)
11.171 stat/channel [<callsign>] (5)
11.172 stat/db <dbname> (5)
11.173 stat/msg (1)
11.174 stat/msg <msgno> (1)
11.175 stat/route_node <callsign> (5)
11.176 stat/route_node all (5)
11.177 stat/route_user <callsign> (5)
11.178 stat/route_user all (5)
11.179 stat/user [<callsign>] (5)
11.180 sysop (0)
11.181 talk <call> > <node> [<text>] (0)
11.182 talk <call> [<text>] (0)
11.183 type <filearea>/<name> (0)
11.184 uncatchup <node call> all|[msgno> ...] (5)
11.185 unset/announce (0)
11.186 unset/anntalk (0)
11.187 unset/baddx <call>.. (8)
11.188 unset/badnode <call>.. (8)
11.189 unset/badspotter <call>.. (8)
11.190 unset/badword <word>.. (8)
11.191 unset/beep (0)
11.192 unset/dx (0)
11.193 unset/dxgrid (0)
11.194 unset/dxstate (0)
11.195 unset/echo (0)
11.196 unset/email (0)
11.197 unset/here (0)
11.198 unset/hops <call> ann|spots|route|wwv|wcy (8)
11.199 unset/logininfo (0)
11.200 unset/privilege (0)
11.201 unset/prompt (0)
11.202 unset/talk (0)
11.203 unset/wcy (0)
11.204 unset/wwv (0)
11.205 unset/wx (0)
11.206 who (0)
11.207 wx <text> (0)
11.208 wx full <text> (0)
11.209 wx sysop <text> (5)

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