Update time, for NetIM BotNet – Part 1.

I have now got the project running on version control (subversion), so that I can keep track of changes, revert to working versions in the case of irrevocable coding errors. and ease of installing on multiple servers. This allows me a faster and easier means of updating servers with ease.  And gave me an excuse to play about with setting myself up a subversion server.

I have also changed the base code of the bot to match a simpler format for ease of adding and editing functions. and added help files to keep the users happy.

My plan for a single config file where user/pass are specified based on hostname seems to be working well, after a slight hiccup where i forgot was programing old school in perl and got my ==/=~ mixed up.

Thanks to the speed of roll out using Subversion version control, my single test bot is now a botnet of  6 test bots. “Well if you are going to test something, test it BIG style”

And since I was in one of Them moods, I now have the bots giving error messages in Haiku, with a built in BOFH excuse generator.

I have also been nice and added some more help files, and improved logging (for debugging) and some stability to the code.

Now I just need the users to suggest some more useful commands they would like.

OK… While that’s on hold/in testing, What’s my next project!