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<p>Jim,</p>
<p>The filename is: <b>usdb.v1</b> created in the <b>/spider/data
</b>subdirectory.</p>
<p>Your original example (below) shows you executed <b>create_usdb.pl</b>
in the <i>/spider</i> subdirectory. I recommend trying the
example I sent using <i>/spider/data</i>.</p>
<p>73, Steve - AA4U</p>
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Not sure if usb was working before. I’m just running a standard
install on a raspberry pi.
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<div class="">I tried your commands but I get the same results.
When we do the create_usdb.pl what is the name of the file that
gets created and where does it reside? I want to make sure that
it’s getting created.</div>
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<div class="">On Dec 26, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Stephen Carroll
<<a href="mailto:scarroll659@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">scarroll659@gmail.com</a>>
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<p class="">Jim,</p>
<p class="">I'm assuming you've had the USDB running
previously and just updating?<br class="">
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<p class="">If you are manually executing commands in
the terminal window, here's what I've been using for
the past year:</p>
<p class=""><b class="">cd /spider/data</b></p>
<p class=""><b class="">wget -qN <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz"
moz-do-not-send="true">ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz</a></b></p>
<p class=""><b class="">/spider/perl/create_usdb.pl
usdbraw.gz</b></p>
<p class=""><b class="">rm usdbraw.gz</b></p>
<p class="">Then login and type: <b class="">load/usdb</b><br
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<p class="">I'm somewhat new to linux and currently
working on automating this process in crontab with the
help of this listserver.</p>
<p class="">73, Steve - AA4U</p>
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James Snider via Dxspider-support wrote:<br class="">
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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" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz</a></div>
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<div class="">Then I executed this</div>
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<div class="">/spider/perl/create_usdb.pl usdbraw.gz</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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Spoelstra via Dxspider-support <<a
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="">
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# 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
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