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Tool: redial 2.0 · 140 KB · 11 Feb 2009 · md5 7f0a12ddc39e · last build, keep · back to its row on the shelf

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Placeholder page. These are the standard install steps, kept in the shape this shelf uses so nobody has to invent them twice. Anything in [brackets] is a value nobody has written down yet, and the tool-specific warnings have not been collected. Replace the brackets before this page is handed to anyone outside the desk.

redial 2.0

140 KB · 11 Feb 2009 · md5 7f0a12ddc39e · last build, keep · shelf 4

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Refreshed a licence token over a modem line, on a schedule, at night. The licences moved to TCP 8443 in 2009 and nobody has the modem any more.

redial refresh --device /dev/ttyS0
no carrier — expected, use licprobe instead

Note from the shelf row: Superseded by licprobe over TCP 8443.

Before you install

  • Runs on: Windows. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
  • Space: about 140 KB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs. No space needed; it does nothing now.
  • Rights: an ordinary user account; no elevation and no sudo for the tool itself
  • Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — whoever writes this page up properly should say here what has to be true before the tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything. The digest is also printed below.

certutil -hashfile redial-2.0-win64.zip MD5

Expected: 7f0a12ddc39e. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task, so there is no installer to run and nothing to reboot.

Windows

Unpack the zip, then:

xcopy redial-2.0-win64 C:\Tools\redial /E /I
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Tools\redial"
redial --version

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for. If the output matches, it is working:

redial --version
redial refresh --device /dev/ttyS0
no carrier — expected, use licprobe instead

Expected output is the line shown in the block above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own, so there is nothing to unregister.

rmdir /s /q C:\Tools\redial

If it goes wrong

  • [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
  • Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row), then the removal steps.
  • Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.
  • If a tool on this shelf is being asked to fix something it was never written for, stop and ask the desk rather than reaching for a force flag.