Bip

h1. FAQ

* Do you have a typical @logrotate@ configuration to archive and compress bip logs?

 * @/etc/crontab@:

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PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# adapt minute, hour, day of month, month and day of the week

# run every 1:11am sunday

11 1    * * 7   root    ionice -c3 srv_bip_logs_compress

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 * @srv_bip_logs_compress@

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$ cat /usr/local/sbin/srv_bip_logs_compress

#!/bin/sh

LOG_CURDIR=$(date +'%Y-%m')

find /srv/bip/logs -mindepth 2 -type f -mtime 1 -name "*.log" ! -wholename "*/${LOG_CURDIR}/*" -exec gzip {} \;

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* when building Bip @error: unused parameter@  occurs

source:configure.ac#L32 use the "AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__":http://www.gnu.org/s/autoconf-archive/ax_c___attribute__.html macro. This macro is included in "autoconf-archive":http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/

Full error message:

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src/connection.c: In function ‘tmp_dh_cb’:

src/connection.c:1093: error: unused parameter ‘ssl_unused’

make[1]: *** [src/connection.o] Error 1

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Rerun @bootstrap@ script after installation of @autoconf-archive@.

* How take in account bip.conf modifications without restarting bip ?

Send signal HUP to bip.

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# Debian / Ubuntu

/etc/init.d/bip reload

# Other

killall -HUP bip 

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* Ubuntu 10.04: How to compile bip from repository ?

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sudo apt-get install git-core gcc flex bison libssl-dev automake autoconf-archive

./bootstrap

./configure --prefix=/opt/bip

CFLAGS="-Wno-error" ./configure --prefix=/opt/bip

make

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* Is there a limit on the number of lines bip saves for each channel ?

See backlog_lines option when backlog is then stored into memory.

* Does bip try to connect to IRC servers automatically after bip is started ?

Yes. But note that Bip will not connect to a network if there is no connection using this network.

* Does bip have a command that displays list of networks in bip.conf ?

There is a "/BIP LIST" command. Admin could use "/BIP LIST networks|users|connections|all_links|all_connections" while user could use "/BIP LIST networks|connections".

* Does bip support modules ?

No

* How to send command to bip ?

Use "/BIP command" or "/quote BIP command" or "/query -BIP command"

* Any way to use sasl with bip ?

No