* Originally in sync_programming
* Crossposted in mystic

On 2018 Jul 18 17:57:00, you wrote to rswindell:

Modified Files:
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Log Message:
fsxNet now has a domain for DNS-based address look-ups.

So does vkradio (ftn.vkradio.com).

congratulations to both you and paul for finally being able to get this done for each of your networks... it is a welcome sign for me to see after staying away from fidonet for a month or two... excellet work, gentlemen! i might cry but first, a beverage! ;)

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On 08-03-18 17:26, mark lewis wrote to Vk3jed <=-

congratulations to both you and paul for finally being able to get this done for each of your networks... it is a welcome sign for me to see
after staying away from fidonet for a month or two... excellet work, gentlemen! i might cry but first, a beverage! ;)

I saw it as a technical challenge. Now to check if my automatic update processes have worked this week, should have all happened early this morning. Hmm, nope, looks like it didn't work, but that was due to user error - I forgot to load the new crontab with the nodelist compilation entry for the mystic user. :(

Had to kick off this week's nodelist update manually, but the scripting did the rest.


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On 08/04/18, Tony Langdon pondered and said...

I saw it as a technical challenge. Now to check if my automatic update processes have worked this week, should have all happened early this morning. Hmm, nope, looks like it didn't work, but that was due to user error - I forgot to load the new crontab with the nodelist compilation entry for the mystic user. :(

Heh... I had the idea, and we discussed it in fsx, you jumped quicker and got his running before I implemented it also... me and my big mouth - heh :) Yep kudos to you for getting yours sorted and on-air quicker... I need to hit you up for some help with your scripts to automate things... will drop you a netmail :)

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On 08-04-18 22:34, Paul Hayton wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Heh... I had the idea, and we discussed it in fsx, you jumped quicker
and got his running before I implemented it also... me and my big mouth
- heh :) Yep kudos to you for getting yours sorted and on-air
quicker... I need to hit you up for some help with your scripts to automate things... will drop you a netmail :)

I had been thinking about setting it up for some time, but you gave me the kick to get it moving. :D

Sure. My automation happens in a few stages:

1. The nodelist is updated at 6AM on Saturdays, then added to the infopack, which is recreated.

2. Next, the new nodelist and infopack are hatched to the file echoes.

3. A bit later, the DNS updating is done, taking the previously generated nodelist and converting it into a DNS zone file. The DNS is then recycled, to load the new zone file.

4. Final stage is the external web server, which FTPs the infopack from the BBS, so all publicly available copies are the same version.

Only thing is all of my automation relies on Linux. :)


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On 2018 Aug 04 20:57:00, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

3. A bit later, the DNS updating is done, taking the previously
generated nodelist and converting it into a DNS zone file. The DNS is then recycled, to load the new zone file.

with a new serial number, right? ;)

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On 08-04-18 16:16, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

On 2018 Aug 04 20:57:00, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

3. A bit later, the DNS updating is done, taking the previously
generated nodelist and converting it into a DNS zone file. The DNS is then recycled, to load the new zone file.

with a new serial number, right? ;)

Yep, the Perl script that generates the zone file also updates the serial number. Serial numbers and datestamps are easy peasy under Linux. Being able to directly capture STDOUT into a variable is extremely powerful. :)


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On 2018 Aug 05 17:36:00, you wrote to me:

3. A bit later, the DNS updating is done, taking the previously
generated nodelist and converting it into a DNS zone file. The DNS
is then recycled, to load the new zone file.

with a new serial number, right? ;)

Yep, the Perl script that generates the zone file also updates the
serial number. Serial numbers and datestamps are easy peasy under
Linux. Being able to directly capture STDOUT into a variable is
extremely powerful. :)

very!

eg:
printf "$(wc -l $1.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.txt\n"
sort -n $1.txt | uniq > $1.sorted.uniq.txt
printf "$(wc -l $1.sorted.uniq.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.sorted.uniq.txt\n"


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On 08-06-18 15:49, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Linux. Being able to directly capture STDOUT into a variable is
extremely powerful. :)

very!

eg:
printf "$(wc -l $1.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.txt\n"
sort -n $1.txt | uniq > $1.sorted.uniq.txt
printf "$(wc -l $1.sorted.uniq.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.sorted.uniq.txt\n"

Yep, exactly what I mean. :)


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