Re: Reloading nodes list

From: Tomi Manninen OH2BNS (gplvbmz.iost@200-jota.elwico.pl)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 12:00:28 EEST

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    On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, g3orh wrote:

    > Can someone explain how I ensure my "saved" nodeslist gets
    > loaded on re-boot please. Man nodesave doesn't fully explain this.
    >
    > I save nodes to a file in a convenient directory (/etc/ax25) called nodes
    > and this produces *nodes in that directory but since there seems to be a
    > symbolic link with this file I assumed it would autoload on reboot. It
    > doesn't ! What nrparms command should I insert into my autoload file to
    > ensure this file gets read and loaded at boot please ?

    Just to recap what has already been said by others on this list: Nodesave
    produces an executable file with all the needed nrparms commands in it.
    You load it on bootup typically by running it:

      /etc/ax25/nodes

    or by "sourcing" it:

      . /etc/ax25/nodes

    or

      source /etc/ax25/nodes

    And the best way to keep the saved node data reasonably recent in all
    cases is to update it periodically from cron. I do it hourly by putting a
    file named "savenodes" in /etc/cron.hourly/ :

      #!/bin/sh
      /usr/sbin/nodesave /etc/ax25/nodes

    (remember to make that executable: chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/savenodes) 

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Tomi Manninen           Internet:  hfbj.aezwzi@hih.dk
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