[Dxspider-support] Does updating DXSpider over-write pre-existing CTY files?

[Dirk Koopman]

No, it just affects the source. All the main source been compiled into 
memory by then. It won't take effect until you next restart the node.

Needless to say it isn't *quite* as simple as that because commands are 
reloaded in real time as they are used.

Dirk

On 12/08/16 20:56, Michael Carper, Ph.D. wrote:
> Gotcha.  Makes sense.
>
> One more quick question... does the "reset" knock all the connections 
> off the node, but leave the node's "uptime" continuous?
>
> Mike, WA9PIE
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk 
> <mailto:djk at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     It depends on how old the git repository is when you do the
>     update. If you update at or near a change to the repository then,
>     generally, it will have the latest version of cty.dat. On the
>     other hand if you update cty religiously, but git pull only
>     occasionally, then there will be a reset to a previous version.
>     But then, if you are updating cty religiously, that will right
>     itself fairly soon.
>
>     Bear in mind that I use cty data for country and maybe state
>     information for those stations on the cluster that haven't set
>     their lat/long. This is used for things like beam heading etc, not
>     QSL, contesting or other more detailed uses - so I don't believe
>     that an absolutely up to date cty is going to be critical. Also,
>     while cty has some specific info on individual callsigns of
>     interest, these are pruned regularly and so it may be that the
>     historical record contained in the spots can't be matched up with
>     the current cty data. Indeed there are countries and/or in my spot
>     records going back  to 1997 that don't exist any more.
>
>     Dirk
>
>
>     On 12/08/16 19:14, Michael Carper, Ph.D. wrote:
>>     Thanks, Dirk.  Then let me ask you the next logical question...
>>
>>     Is it ever possible then that the version of CTY that's in the
>>     latest build could back-rev a newer version that's already installed?
>>
>>     Mike, WA9PIE
>>
>>     On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk
>>     <mailto:djk at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>         Yes.
>>
>>         Dirk
>>
>>
>>         On 12/08/16 15:50, Michael Carper, Ph.D. wrote:
>>>         When you run these commands:
>>>
>>>         git reset --hard
>>>         git pull
>>>
>>>         Does the resulting update overwrite the pre-existing CTY files?
>>>
>>>         Mike, WA9PIE
>>>
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