I've got an eggdrop bot running on my linux box, and I have a finger server that can put out a LOT of information to a user. I'm new to TCL but not new to software development. Is there a way I can set a timer of sorts to force a message to a user outside of any message queue the bot uses?
Basically my goal is this:
- Ignore/don't use whatever is in the internal queue of the bot
- Timed messages to each user making the request.
-- So if 3 people make a request at the same time, those three people get their information at the same time. Basically ignoring the IRCD flood protection.
The volume of text thats being given out can be in the size of KBs. The queue system just won't work due to this issue, and on top of that, depending on what the user wants to know about, or how they do the search, the message queue gets filled up fast.
Currently, the bot just sends its info through putserv, but as I said, queue gets full, and the person at the end of the queue can wait a very long time for their info.
The number of people making requests at a time would definately be low, and I wouldn't expect more than 3 people to make a request at once. I'm not even really concerned if the bot gets dropped due to flooding. (I know the IRC server owner personally)
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