Subj : Re: multiple nodelist hatches
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : Vk3jed
Date : Mon Mar 16 2020 09:18 pm

-=> On 03-16-20 09:31, MeaTLoTioN wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Vk> My system uses MakeNL and a lot of bash foo to process the nodelists,
 Vk> then more bash foo to prepare TIC files and place them and the nodelists
 Vk> into Mystic's inbound for hatching to the various nets.
 Vk>
 Vk> Additional scripting (Perl and bash) are used to update the DNS nodelist
 Vk> for VKRadio, manage the mounting and unmounting of the Windows share
 Vk> that has the MakeNL master files and upload a copy of the VKRadio
 Vk> infopack to an external web server as a backup copy.  These are
 Vk> separate, because they have to run as a different user and/or on another
 Vk> machine altogether.

 Me> Woah, sounds like your bash foo is vastly bigger than my bash foo, not
 Me> to mention most likely infinitely more complicated, especially when you
 Me> add the Perl foo in to the mix as well.

Especially as I recycle my scripts by using arguments, environment variables
and the like to make things as generic as possible.  While not used in these
scripts, I even have scripts that sanity check and self configure , depending
what your current working directory is, which can be useful.  On my IRLP
reflector, one of my self configuring scripts also parses the channel's
configuration files to work out what binary to call and channel to use.

 Me> Perl scares me, I looked at it once, I have to deal with some at work,
 Me> and I do not enjoy it. Perhaps if/when I can understand it better it
 Me> might not scare me so much, although I've heard horror stories about
 Me> Perl and the more you understand it, the more you are scared of and
 Me> don't like it. o.O

I've dabbled in Perl and have found it useful, but I really know very little. 
The Perl script I use was downloaded, then I had to make a couple of minor
tweaks to suit my net and the specifics of my DNS servers.

I still have an issue that I haven't yet worked out, and that is how to look up
the data to create A and AAAA records for hosts that use non standard ports.  I
will need this, to be able to put my FTP FTN capability into the nodelist,
because it uses port 2121, not 21 (the BBS itself uses 21 for its own FTP
server).

And then I only want to do that for hosts with static IPs (which I will have to
use TTL to infer - DDNS services typically use a TTL of 60 seconds).   I may
also have to get the Perk script to write a temporary file with a list of
hostnames to use bash foo on, unless I can get someone to work it out in Perl
(or do a lot of self study ;) ).


.... When two Englishmen meet their first talk is of the weather.
--- MultiMail/Win v0.51

.