[Dxspider-support] CTY-3105 Country Files - 03 March 2021
James Snider
jim at lexiann.com
Fri Mar 5 00:51:33 CET 2021
load/prefix works fine
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W8BS de W8BS-2 4-Mar-2021 2350Z dxspider >
load/prefix
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W8BS de W8BS-2 4-Mar-2021 2350Z dxspider >
James Snider
jim at lexiann.com
> On Mar 4, 2021, at 6:25 PM, JOSEPH REED via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The command is not load/prefix it is load/prefixes. Try that.
>
> Joe N9JR
>
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 2:12 PM, Luigi Carlotto IK5ZUK via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> These are the steps I've followed:
>>
>> 1. cd /spider/data
>> 2. wget www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat> -O cty.dat
>>
>> (I'm sure that the last cty.dat file is downloaded because I've edited with nano and searching for the "VERSION" string I've found "Guinea-Bissau: 35: 46: AF: 12.02: 14.80: 0.0: J5:
>> J5,=VERSION; ")
>>
>> 3. wget www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw <http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw> -O wpxloc.raw
>> 4. ../perl/create_prefix.pl
>> 5. into the spider console, as sysop, done the command "load/prefix"
>>
>> Unfortunately, the output for the "sh/prefix version" is:
>>
>> sh/prefix version
>> VERSION CC: 201 IZ: 54 CZ: 29 LL: 12 9 S 96 49 E NH87 (VERSION, Cocos-Keeling-)
>> (IK5ZUK-1) de IK5ZUK-6 4-Mar-2021 1706Z dxspider >
>>
>> IMHO this means that the new database is not loaded, at least. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
>>
>> For completeness: I've tried to delete the file /spider/local_data/prefix_data.pl and run one more time the create_prefix and load/prefix, but nothing is changed.
>>
>> I don't know what else to try...
>>
>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>
>> Il 04/03/2021 03:14, David Spoelstra via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
>>> OK, found the problem. I was using http vs https when I fetched the file - that made all the difference.
>>>
>>> If anyone wants to use my DXSpider cron, you are most welcome. Just to make sure everyone understands, you can put a crontab in /spider/local_cmd/ and it will run. I put all my DXSpider stuff in there to keep everything dealing with DXSpider in one place.
>>>
>>> My DXSpider crontab in /spider/local_cmd/:
>>>
>>> # /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 -Nq ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz <ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz> && /spider/perl/create_usdb.pl <http://create_usdb.pl/> usdbraw.gz")
>>> 2 5 * * 1 run_cmd("load/usdb")
>>> 4 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 -Nq https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt <https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt>&& /spider/perl/convkeps.pl <http://convkeps.pl/> -p nasabare.txt")
>>> 2 5 * * 5 run_cmd("load/keps")
>>> 4 5 * * 5 spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")
>>>
>>> # Friday 1am local - Get latest cty.dat to be ready for any contest
>>> 6 5 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -Nq https://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <https://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>")
>>> 8 5 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -Nq https://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw <https://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw>")
>>> 10 5 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && /spider/perl/create_prefix.pl <http://create_prefix.pl/>")
>>> 12 5 * * 5 run_cmd("load/prefixes")
>>>
>>> # Friday 1am local - Update DXSpider to be ready for any contest
>>> 14 5 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider && git reset --hard && git pull")
>>>
>>> -David, N9KT
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 7:54 PM JOSEPH REED via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>> Interesting,
>>>
>>> The -N means don’t download unless the file is newer. Are you doing the wget -qn as sysop or another user? I shamelessly use a crontab script written by another contributor (search the archives) or email me off list and it just happens without human intervention. That might be the way to go.
>>>
>>> Joe N9JR
>>>
>>>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 6:00 PM, David Spoelstra via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I figured out my problem. For some reason wget doesn't see the file as having been changed!
>>>>
>>>> $ wget -N http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>
>>>> --2021-03-03 18:50:45-- http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>
>>>> Resolving www.country-files.com <http://www.country-files.com/> (www.country-files.com <http://www.country-files.com/>)... 72.52.250.187
>>>> Connecting to www.country-files.com <http://www.country-files.com/> (www.country-files.com <http://www.country-files.com/>)|72.52.250.187|:80... connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 304 Not Modified
>>>> File ‘cty.dat’ not modified on server. Omitting download.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't update the file and inside it shows "C3,=VERSION;"
>>>>
>>>> So, instead I switched to curl and ran:
>>>> curl -Os http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>
>>>>
>>>> This time it updated the file and inside it shows "J5,=VERSION;" which is correct and everything now works.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know why wget doesn't see the file as having been changed? Is it getting that information from the server?
>>>>
>>>> -David, N9KT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 6:25 PM David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com <mailto:davids at mediamachine.com>> wrote:
>>>> OK, now you guys made me check mine and I'm having problems too! I do the following:
>>>> cd /spider/data
>>>> wget -qN http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>
>>>> wget -qN http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw <http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw>
>>>> I check the dates and they look correct:
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 77K Mar 3 18:03 cty.dat
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 538K Mar 3 18:03 wpxloc.raw
>>>>
>>>> I look inside cty.dat and see: C3,=VERSION;
>>>>
>>>> Then I run:
>>>> /spider/perl/create_prefix.pl <http://create_prefix.pl/>
>>>> which updates:
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 sysop spider 821K Mar 3 18:15 prefix_data.pl <http://prefix_data.pl/>
>>>> Then I login to my cluster and run "load/prefixes" which works.
>>>>
>>>> But, when I run "sh/prefix version" I get: VERSION DXCC: 12 ITU: 27 CQ: 14 LL: 42 35 N 1 37 E (VERSION, Andorra-C3)
>>>> Which doesn't match what you all are getting!
>>>>
>>>> When I looked in prefix_data.pl <http://prefix_data.pl/> I see:
>>>> '=VERSION' => '75',
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> -David, N9KT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:58 PM Luigi Carlotto IK5ZUK via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Kjell,
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> I've understood now. But however despite having downloaded the last cty.dat from the following URL:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat <https://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat>
>>>>
>>>> the DXCC entity identifying the version is not "Guinea-Bissau-J5" but "Cocos-Keeling-Islands-VK9C": so, if I'm not wrong, this means that the cty.dat file downloaded is not the last one.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, after cty.dat download in /spider/data, I've done the spider/perl/create_prefix.pl <http://create_prefix.pl/> and finally, into the spider console done the "load/prefix" command.
>>>>
>>>> Kjell, please could you tell me the exact path for downloading the last cty.dat file ?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you and sorry for noise to the others.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il 03/03/2021 22:17, Kjell Jarl via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
>>>>> Follow the path Jim outlined
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- Luigi Carlotto IK5ZUK via Dxspider-support skrev ----
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry Guys,
>>>>> below is the output for "sh/prefix version" done in my spider:
>>>>>
>>>>> sh/prefix version
>>>>> VERSION CC: 201 IZ: 54 CZ: 29 LL: 12 9 S 96 49 E NH87 (VERSION,
>>>>> Cocos-Keeling-)
>>>>> (IK5ZUK-1) de IK5ZUK-6 3-Mar-2021 2040Z dxspider >
>>>>>
>>>>> Where is the version number ?
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Il 03/03/2021 21:37, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
>>>>> > SH/PREFIX VERSION will also work. A rather off the wall SH/MOON
>>>>> > VERSION also works :-)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > In fact any command that would show a location as part of its output
>>>>> > will work.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Dirk
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 03/03/2021 20:27, Jim Reisert AD1C via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>>> >>> A question: I'm running DxSpider software, is there a command to see
>>>>> >>> what is the CTY version installed into the system ?
>>>>> >> One of these may work:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> (*) SH/H VERSION
>>>>> >> (*) SH/SUN VERSION
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> (*) These are CC Cluster commands, but I think DX Spider uses the
>>>>> >> same ones.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> The callsign VERSION will be identified as a particular DXCC entity,
>>>>> >> which is always listed at the top of the release notes, for example:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> https://www.country-files.com/cty-3105-03-march-2021/ <https://www.country-files.com/cty-3105-03-march-2021/>
>>>>> >> VER20210303, Version entity is Guinea-Bissau, J5
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> So it's easy to tell if you have (or do not have) the latest version
>>>>> >> of the country file, but if the version entity does NOT match, you
>>>>> >> will have go searching the older release notes to find out which
>>>>> >> version you DO have installed. There is a search box in the
>>>>> >> upper-right hand corner of the web page I listed above, type in
>>>>> >> Version Entity and you will see them for each release.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
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