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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 1 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 3 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changes in rather can using open("| ...") which ivokes a shell. * Catch SIGPIPE. * Document thesaurusindexfile. + * Minor documentation fixes. Changes in version * Minor documentation fixes suggested by Ryan Lackey. @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.40 2003/02/22 21:01:30 weasel Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.41 2003/06/06 09:39:42 weasel Exp $ ##################################################################### ## R E A D M E F O R E C H O L O T ########################### ##################################################################### @@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ o Change into the directory where echolot is kept. $ cd echolot o In the first terminal window, type: - $ ./pingd --verbose start + [ you may want to set the log level to 'debug' in pingd.conf + to get an idea what exactly Echolot is doing ] + + $ ./pingd --detach start + $ tail -f pingd.log o In the second terminal window, type: $ ./pingd add <address1> <address2> <address3> ... @@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ o In the second terminal window, type: You can also use the following shell magic to add all addresses from an existing rlist.txt or mlist.txt: $ grep \$remailer rlist.txt | cut -f 2 -d \< | cut -f 1 -d \> | - xargs ./pingd add + xargs ./pingd add Monitor the first terminal in which you started pingd. You should see mention of email addresses being added. @@ -212,10 +216,8 @@ o In the second terminal window, execute remailers that you added in the previous step. o pingd can be stopped with the command - - $ ./pingd stop - or by issuing a Ctrl+C in the terminal in which pingd is running. + $ ./pingd stop @@ -242,10 +244,12 @@ DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION -------------------- o To run Echolot in the background, run - $ ./pingd --detach --verbose start + $ ./pingd --detach start -o You can monitor the output file to obtain debugging output: - $ tail -f output +o You can monitor the log file to obtain debugging output: + $ tail -f pingd.conf + + Do not forget to set the appropriate log level in pingd.conf. o The tools directory contains the »pingctl« wrapper for Echolot. The wrapper takes care of checking ulimits, userid, and cd'ing to the @@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ Please report bugs and feature requests at The Echolot homepage can be found at http://www.palfrader.org/echolot/ - + ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: TODO,v 1.56 2003/06/06 09:35:24 weasel Exp $ +$Id: TODO,v 1.57 2003/06/06 09:39:42 weasel Exp $ Legend: - Not done @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Legend: D Deferred X Abandoned - - --verbose doesn't gain that much anymore. update README. - normal distribution is plain out wrong for latency - change to median for the latency column - assumption on whether a ping is lost should be |