[Dxspider-support] Dxspider Ubuntu Local_cmd -> crontab

[Dirk Koopman G1TLH]

On 31/01/12 14:29, Tom Vavra wrote:
>
>> Also, is /spider/cmd_import a magic directory?
>
> cmd_import is used to dynamically build command files similar to the script
> directory.  The name of the file should be a callsign.  Spider will execute
> the file as though the callsign had entered it.
>
> One note.  the directory is checked often so it is not safe to just build a
> file into cmd_import.  The chances are that spider will check, discover, and
> try to execute it before you are finished building it.  I build it somewhere
> else and then mv it to cmd_import.  Dirk creates a link to the file in
> some other directory.
>

When he says "frequently", he means "once a second" :-)

Dirk