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<p>Jim,</p>
<p>I'm assuming you've had the USDB running previously and just
updating?<br>
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<p>If you are manually executing commands in the terminal window,
here's what I've been using for the past year:</p>
<p><b>cd /spider/data</b></p>
<p><b>wget -qN <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz">ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz</a></b></p>
<p><b>/spider/perl/create_usdb.pl usdbraw.gz</b></p>
<p><b>rm usdbraw.gz</b></p>
<p>Then login and type: <b>load/usdb</b><br>
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<p>I'm somewhat new to linux and currently working on automating
this process in crontab with the help of this listserver.</p>
<p>73, Steve - AA4U</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/26/2020 6:27 AM, James Snider via
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<div class="">Was playing with some of these commands this morning
and was trying to update the usdb files so I did the following</div>
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<div class="">cd /spider</div>
<div class="">wget <a href="ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz"
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<div class="">Then I executed this</div>
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<div class="">It came back with this</div>
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<div class="">1462465 records</div>
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<div class="">But when I log in and do load/usdb I get this</div>
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<div class="">W8BS de W8BS-2 26-Dec-2020 1220Z dxspider ></div>
<div class="">load/usdb</div>
<div class="">US Database not loaded</div>
<div class="">W8BS de W8BS-2 26-Dec-2020 1221Z dxspider ></div>
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<div class="">What am I missing here??</div>
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href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">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.
<div class="">-David, N9KT</div>
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<div class=""># /spider/local_cmd/crontab<br class="">
# MAKE SURE /spider/cmd_import EXISTS!<br class="">
# min, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week (0=Sun)<br
class="">
# TIME IS UTC!<br class="">
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# Connect to other nodes<br class="">
* * * * * start_connect('w9pa') unless connected('w9pa')<br
class="">
* * * * * start_connect('wb3ffv') unless
connected('wb3ffv')<br class="">
* * * * * start_connect('ky4xx') unless
connected('ky4xx')<br class="">
<br class="">
# Monday 1am local - Get latest FCC data (W1NR updates
Sundays)<br class="">
0 5 * * 1 spawn("cd /tmp && wget -qN <a
href="ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz</a>
&& /spider/perl/<a href="http://create_usdb.pl/"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">create_usdb.pl</a>
usdbraw.gz")<br class="">
15 5 * * 1 run_cmd("load/usdb")<br class="">
30 5 * * 1 spawn("rm /tmp/usdbraw.gz")<br class="">
<br class="">
# Friday 1am local - Get latest Keps to be ready for any
contest<br class="">
0 5 * * 5 spawn("cd /tmp && wget -qN <a
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt</a>
&& /spider/perl/<a href="http://convkeps.pl/"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">convkeps.pl</a> -p
nasabare.txt")<br class="">
15 5 * * 5 run_cmd("load/keps")<br class="">
30 5 * * 5 spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")<br class="">
<br class="">
# Friday 2am local - Get latest cty.dat to be ready for
any contest<br class="">
0 6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -qN <a
href="http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat</a>")<br
class="">
15 6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data && wget -qN <a
href="http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw</a>")<br
class="">
30 6 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider/data &&
/spider/perl/<a href="http://create_prefix.pl/" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">create_prefix.pl</a>")<br
class="">
45 6 * * 5 run_cmd("load/prefixes")<br class="">
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# Friday 3am local - Update DXSpider to be ready for any
contest<br class="">
0 7 * * 5 spawn("cd /spider && git reset --hard
&& git pull")<br class="">
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