[Dxspider-support] DXSpider crontabs in general

[David Spoelstra]

Yes. You will have to make sure wget is installed: sudo apt install wget
-David, N9KT


On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 11:44 PM Steve - AA4U <aa4u at mchsi.com> wrote:

> While I'm not new to DX Spider, it's only been recently that I switched
> from WinDoze to Linux. Will these scripts work with the Ubuntu version?
>
> 73, Steve - AA4U
> K4ZR SysOp (Alabama)
>
> Sent via Samsung Galaxy S9+ on Verizon
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: David Spoelstra via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> Date: 12/24/20 01:23 (GMT-06:00)
> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
> Cc: David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com>
> Subject: [Dxspider-support] DXSpider crontabs in general
>
> Since we're sharing, I thought I'd give everyone my entire DXSpider
> crontab. Maybe I can help others and maybe someone has a better way of
> doing something than I do. BTW, mine has been running flawlessly for years.
> -David, N9KT
>
> # /spider/local_cmd/crontab
> # MAKE SURE /spider/cmd_import EXISTS!
> # min, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week (0=Sun)
> # TIME IS UTC!
>
> # Connect to other nodes
> * * * * * start_connect('w9pa') unless connected('w9pa')
> * * * * * start_connect('wb3ffv') unless connected('wb3ffv')
> * * * * * start_connect('ky4xx') unless connected('ky4xx')
>
> # Monday 1am local - Get latest FCC data (W1NR updates Sundays)
> 0  5 * * 1 spawn("cd /tmp && wget -qN ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz &&
> /spider/perl/create_usdb.pl usdbraw.gz")
> 15 5 * * 1 run_cmd("load/usdb")
> 30 5 * * 1 spawn("rm /tmp/usdbraw.gz")
>
> # Friday 1am local - Get latest Keps to be ready for any contest
> 0  5 * * 5 spawn("cd /tmp && wget -qN
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt && /spider/perl/
> convkeps.pl -p nasabare.txt")
> 15 5 * * 5 run_cmd("load/keps")
> 30 5 * * 5 spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")
>
> # Friday 2am local - Get latest cty.dat to be ready for any contest
> 0  6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -qN
> http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat")
> 15 6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -qN
> http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw")
> 30 6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && /spider/perl/create_prefix.pl")
> 45 6 * * 5 run_cmd("load/prefixes")
>
> # Friday 3am local - Update DXSpider to be ready for any contest
> 0  7 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider && git reset --hard && git pull")
>
>
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