[Dxspider-support] Getting spots into Spider from text file (no telnet)?

[Bela Markus]

  2010.08.15. 15:26 keltezéssel, VK3AMA írta:
> I have a need to get spots into my Spider Node via data present in a 
> file. I need a hint (or two) on where to start looking in the Spider 
> Code. Its been many years since I coded regularly in perl, so am a bit 
> rusty. If I can get a my mind around the logic and the main scripts 
> used to post spots, I think I will be closer to a result.
>
> The reason is simple, I have a need to spot to the node from a 
> location, that has firewall port restrictions, where the only ports 
> open are standard http, ftp, pop & smtp. No other ports open, so no 
> telnet. I don't what to mess around with tunnelling.
>
> I can easily ftp a text file to the node. Cron would kick off a (as 
> yet uncoded) script to look for the file and process any file present 
> to put a spot on the Cluster.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions, existing solutions (that google didn't find)?
>
> Thanks de Laurie, VK3AMA
>
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Laurie,

lets discuss it off list. I have a solution for that.

Regards... Béla, HA5DI