[sniffer] Re: AW: [sniffer] Re: Update pacing...

[Colbeck, Andrew]

FWIW I take the belt and suspenders approach.

 

The rulebase notification by email does trigger a Message Sniffer update script on my system, but I don't rely on it solely.  In addition, I also use an "at" schedule every four hours.

 

As in Markus' (and Bill's) sample, I use the -N parameter for wget so as to avoid bandwidth abuse by only downloading the file if it is newer than the one I've already got.

 

The specific time I schedule it for I determined from this page:

 

http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer.TechnicalDetails.LogFiles.Submit

 

because after I download a rulebase, I upload my logs.

 

Still on my to-do list is updating my script so as to compress my logs before I upload them.

 

 

Andrew 8)

 

 

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From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Gufler
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:15 AM
To: Message Sniffer Community
Subject: [sniffer] Re: AW: [sniffer] Re: Update pacing...

Instead of sending a mail for each update I've disabled the email-notifcation (REM) and changed the wget-line as follows

wget -N -nv http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/%LicenseID%.snf -O %LicenseID%.new.gz --header=Accept-Encoding:gzip --http-user=sniffer --http-passwd=ki11sp8m -a snfupd.txt

As Alex sugested I've added the -nv switch in order to avoid unneccessary data.

I've also changed the last parameter from -o to -a in order to append the results of each update to snfupd.txt. So I have a logfile where I can easily see time and result of each update.

Her's an example:

 

13:32:22 URL:http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/xxxxxxxxx.snf [2923892] -> "t918t3eg.new.gz" [1]
New RuleBase File Tested Good!
15:43:22 URL:http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/xxxxxxxxx.snf [2929252] -> "t918t3eg.new.gz" [1]
New RuleBase File Tested Good!
17:54:41 URL:http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/xxxxxxxxx.snf [2943056] -> "t918t3eg.new.gz" [1]
New RuleBase File Tested Good!
20:08:18 URL:http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/xxxxxxxxx.snf [2952731] -> "t918t3eg.new.gz" [1]
New RuleBase File Tested Good!

Markus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Message Sniffer Community
> [mailto:sniffer@sortmonster.com] On Behalf Of Hirthe, Alexander
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 9:46 AM
> To: Message Sniffer Community
> Subject: [sniffer] AW: [sniffer] Re: Update pacing...
>
> Hello,
>
> I switched from just downloading the file every xx hours to
> the snfupd.cmd form the Imail Package.
>
> The only thing I additionally modified is a '-nv' switch for wget.
> With this you'll only get the result of the download, not a
> line for every 50 kB.
>
> Alex
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Message Sniffer Community
> > [mailto:sniffer@sortmonster.com] Im Auftrag von Pete McNeil
> > Gesendet: Montag, 19. Juni 2006 23:46
> > An: Message Sniffer Community
> > Betreff: [sniffer] Re: Update pacing...
> >
> > Hello Harry,
> >
> > Monday, June 19, 2006, 4:47:14 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > > My script does not check for update first.  Is there a
> sample that
> > > does do that that you can point me to?
> >
> > This page describes automated updates and lists several scripts.
> >
> > http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer.Tech
> nicalDetails.AutoUpdates
> >
> > The one I recommend most for Winx based systems is
> > ImailSnifferUpdateTools.zip
> >
> > Don't let the name fool you - if you are NOT using IMail
> the scripts
> > are still great --- you will only need to find another way to call
> > them if your system does not provide a "program alias"
> functionality.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > _M
> >
> > --
> > Pete McNeil
> > Chief Scientist,
> > Arm Research Labs, LLC.
> >
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