improve and expand submit text, use 00.00 as a sample UUID

faq.html

@@ -2135,13 +2135,13 @@ However, you may wish to manually validate the tarball. The tool that does this
 is <code>txzchk</code>.</p>
 <p>If you wish to validate the tarball without running the <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> tool,
 for instance the tarball
-<code>submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz</code> you can, after
+<code>submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz</code> you can, after
 installing the tools, do:</p>
-<pre><code>    txzchk submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
+<pre><code>    txzchk submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
 <p>Assuming that the tarball exists and is valid, you should see no output.</p>
 <p>If you wish to see the contents, for instance like <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> does, you
 could do:</p>
-<pre><code>    txzchk -v 1 submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
+<pre><code>    txzchk -v 1 submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
 <p>As the <a href="next/guidelines.html#txzchk">guidelines state</a>, it is beyond the scope
 of this document to discuss the many tests that <code>txzchk(1)</code> runs; if you must
 know we refer you to the <a href="https://github.com/ioccc-src/mkiocccentry/blob/master/txzchk.c">source
@@ -2158,10 +2158,10 @@ of your submission.</p>
 <p>Rather than <code>mkiocccentry</code> running this tool manually, <code>txzchk</code>’s algorithm uses
 the output of this tool. If you wish to validate your tarball filename manually,
 you can do so. For instance:</p>
-<pre><code>    fnamchk submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
+<pre><code>    fnamchk submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz</code></pre>
 <p>Assuming everything is OK, it would show:</p>
 <blockquote>
-<p><code>12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2</code></p>
+<p><code>00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2</code></p>
 </blockquote>
 <p>See also the
 FAQ on “<a href="#txzchk">validating your submission tarball</a>”
@@ -2198,9 +2198,9 @@ two JSON files, <code>.auth.json</code> and <code>.info.json</code> as well as t
 the judges <strong>ONLY</strong>; use of this option to validate your submission puts you at
 a great risk of violating <a href="next/rules.html#rule17">Rule 17</a>!).</p>
 <p>As an example, if your submission directory is
-<code>12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-0/</code> then you should run the following
+<code>00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-3/</code> then you should run the following
 command:</p>
-<pre><code>    chkentry 12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-0</code></pre>
+<pre><code>    chkentry 00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-3</code></pre>
 <p>If there is a <a href="https://www.json.org/json-en.html">JSON</a> issue detected by the
 <code>jparse(3)</code> API (i.e. it is not valid JSON) it is an error and <code>chkentry(1)</code>
 will report this, exiting with a non-zero exit code. If the parsing is OK (i.e.

faq.md

@@ -2003,11 +2003,11 @@ is `txzchk`.
 
 If you wish to validate the tarball without running the `mkiocccentry(1)` tool,
 for instance the tarball
-`submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz` you can, after
+`submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz` you can, after
 installing the tools, do:
 
 ``` <!---sh-->
-    txzchk submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz
+    txzchk submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz
 ```
 
 Assuming that the tarball exists and is valid, you should see no output.
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ If you wish to see the contents, for instance like `mkiocccentry(1)` does, you
 could do:
 
 ``` <!---sh-->
-    txzchk -v 1 submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz
+    txzchk -v 1 submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz
 ```
 
 As the [guidelines state](next/guidelines.html#txzchk), it is beyond the scope
@@ -2042,12 +2042,12 @@ the output of this tool. If you wish to validate your tarball filename manually,
 you can do so. For instance:
 
 ``` <!---sh-->
-    fnamchk submit.12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2.1720636351.txz
+    fnamchk submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2.1720636351.txz
 ```
 
 Assuming everything is OK, it would show:
 
-> `12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-2`
+> `00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-2`
 
 See also the
 FAQ on "[validating your submission tarball](#txzchk)"
@@ -2093,12 +2093,12 @@ the judges **ONLY**; use of this option to validate your submission puts you at
 a great risk of violating [Rule 17](next/rules.html#rule17)!).
 
 As an example, if your submission directory is
-`12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-0/` then you should run the following
+`00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-3/` then you should run the following
 command:
 
 
 ``` <!---sh-->
-    chkentry 12345678-1234-4321-abcd-1234567890ab-0
+    chkentry 00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-3
 ```
 
 If there is a [JSON](https://www.json.org/json-en.html) issue detected by the

next/submit.html

@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 <!-- START: this line starts content for HTML phase 21 by: bin/pandoc-wrapper.sh via bin/md2html.sh -->
 
 <!-- BEFORE: 1st line of markdown file: next/submit.md -->
-<h1 id="how-to-upload-your-submission-to-the-ioccc">How to upload your submission to the IOCCC</h1>
+<p>Use mkiocccentry to rebuild# How to upload your submission to the IOCCC</p>
 <p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE</strong>: The <a href="https://submit.ioccc.org">IOCCC submit server</a>
 is only ready for submissions
 <strong>ONLY WHEN THE CONTEST IS <a href="../faq.html#open">open</a></strong>.</p>
@@ -462,14 +462,14 @@ select that slot.</p>
 of:</p>
 <blockquote>
 <p>IMPORTANT: Upload only XZ compressed tarballs whose filename is:</p>
-<p><code>submit.7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e-SLOT.TIMESTAMP.txz</code></p>
+<p><code>submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-SLOT.TIMESTAMP.txz</code></p>
 <p>where <code>SLOT</code> is a slot number, and <code>TIMESTAMP</code> is the build time as a <a href="https://unixtime.org/">Unix
 timestamp</a>.</p>
 <p>We highly recommend that you use <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> to create your submit file as
 it must pass the <code>txzchk(1)</code> sanity checks, and when the uncompressed tarball is
 untarred, the resulting directory must pass <code>chkentry(1)</code>.</p>
 </blockquote>
-<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: the <code>7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e</code> is your UUID. <strong>MAKE SURE
+<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: the <code>00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000</code> is your UUID. <strong>MAKE SURE
 YOU CHANGE IT TO YOUR UUID</strong>!</p>
 <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: the <code>SLOT</code> and <code>TIMESTAMP</code> <strong>in the filename</strong> are generated based on
 your input in <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code>.</p>
@@ -483,11 +483,11 @@ file in the file selection pop-up in your browser.</p>
 the file selection step.</p>
 <p>When it’s uploaded it should say something like:</p>
 <blockquote>
-<p>• Uploaded file: <code>submit.9971ada4-b6ae-427d-a7ec-e67a30362cdb-0.1740838915.txz</code></p>
+<p>• Uploaded file: submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5.1740838915.txz</p>
 </blockquote>
 <p>And in the slot it will give you important details like:</p>
 <ul>
-<li>the status of the submission (on upload it will say: <code>"uploaded file into slot"</code>).</li>
+<li>the status of the submission</li>
 <li>the filename, which will be in the correct format, assuming you used
 <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> which is <strong>HIGHLY</strong> recommended so that you do not break <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule
 17</a>!</li>
@@ -496,12 +496,11 @@ tarball listing).</li>
 <li>the upload date.</li>
 <li>the SHA256 hash of the file.</li>
 </ul>
-<p>Again the <code>7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e</code> is your UUID, the <code>SLOT</code> is the
+<p>Again the <code>00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000</code> is your UUID, the <code>SLOT</code> is the
 slot number and <code>TIMESTAMP</code> is the build time as a <a href="https://unixtime.org/">Unix
 timestamp</a>.</p>
 <p>Now if you’re done, log out.</p>
-<p>If, on the other hand,, you upload a file that is too big you will see something
+<p>If, on the other hand, you upload a file that is too big you will see something like:</p>
-like:</p>
 <blockquote>
 <p>The file size of N exceeds the maximum size of 3999971.</p>
 </blockquote>
@@ -511,30 +510,48 @@ like:</p>
 </blockquote>
 <p>And if you see something like:</p>
 <blockquote>
-<p>Filename for slot: 0 must match this regular expression: <code>^submit.dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-0\.[1-9][0-9] {9,}\.txz$</code></p>
+<p>Filename for slot: <code>5</code> must match this regular expression: <code>^submit\.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5\.[1-9][0-9]{9,}\.txz</code></p>
 </blockquote>
-<p>where <code>0</code> is the slot and <code>dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-01</code> is the UUID
+<p>You uploaded the wrong filename into a slot.</p>
-then you <strong>MUST</strong> upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, <strong>MAKING SURE</strong> you
+<p>For example, for the user <code>00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000</code>, slot <code>5</code>, a valid filename to upload would be:</p>
-package it with <code>mkiocccentry</code>!</p>
-<p>If later on you log in and see something like:</p>
 <blockquote>
-<p><strong>Status: server slot error code: 1! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to
+<p>submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5.1740838915.txz</p>
-this slot.</strong></p>
 </blockquote>
-<p>or:</p>
+<p>where <code>1740838915</code> is a timestamp created by the <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> tool.</p>
+<p>You <strong>MUST</strong> upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, <strong>MAKING SURE</strong> you
+package it with <code>mkiocccentry</code>!</p>
+<p>If, however, the slot status shows:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>Status: file successfully uploaded into slot.</strong></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Then you are successfully uploaded a file into the slot.</p>
+<p>At this point you may upload another submission file into a different slot, or you’re done, log out.</p>
+<p><strong>Please note:</strong> The status page will <strong>NOT</strong> auto-refresh. After you are uploaded a file into a slot, <strong>DO NOT RELOAD</strong>
+the page as this may cause your browser to needlessly reload the same file to the same slot.</p>
+<p>After you fir finished uploading submissions into slots, please logout.
+To see any status updates, you should logout and log back in later.</p>
+<h2 id="checking-on-the-status-of-your-submission">Checking on the status of your submission</h2>
+<p>You may check on the status of your submission later on, after you logout by logging back in an looking at the slot status.</p>
+<p><strong>Please note:</strong> The status page will <strong>NOT</strong> auto-refresh.</p>
+<p>When the system begins to process your file (which could be an hour or two later), you might see:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>Status: file fetched. The format test is pending.</strong></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>After the format test is complete, if you see an error such as:</p>
 <blockquote>
 <p><strong>Status: submit file failed the txzchk test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.</strong></p>
 </blockquote>
-<p>… or <strong>ANY OTHER ERROR</strong> then you <strong>MUST FIX</strong> your submission, repackage your
+<p>Or:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>Status: submit file failed the chkentry test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.</strong></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>… or <strong>ANY</strong> other error then you <strong>MUST FIX</strong> your submission, repackage your
 tarball with <code>mkiocccentry</code> and upload to the same slot again! If you do not fix
 this your submission <strong>WILL BE REJECTED</strong> for violating <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule
 17</a>!</p>
-<p>After the submission deadline is reached, you can log in to check the status of
+<p>If the format test went well, then you will see:</p>
-your submissions. This is what it will say when the judges have verified
-that your tarball / submission has been validated (NOT judged), by <code>txzchk(1)</code>
-and <code>chkentry(1)</code>:</p>
 <blockquote>
-<p><strong>Status: the format of this submission has been validated.</strong></p>
+<p><strong>Status: submit file received by the IOCCC judges. Passed both txzchk and chkentry tests.</strong></p>
 </blockquote>
 <p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: this does <strong>NOT</strong> mean that your submission does not violate the
 rules or that everything is OK once the tarball is extracted; it simply means

next/submit.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# How to upload your submission to the IOCCC
+Use mkiocccentry to rebuild# How to upload your submission to the IOCCC
 
 **IMPORTANT NOTE**: The [IOCCC submit server](https://submit.ioccc.org)
 is only ready for submissions
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ of:
 
 > IMPORTANT: Upload only XZ compressed tarballs whose filename is:
 >
->    `submit.7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e-SLOT.TIMESTAMP.txz`
+>    `submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-SLOT.TIMESTAMP.txz`
 >
 > where `SLOT` is a slot number, and `TIMESTAMP` is the build time as a [Unix
 timestamp](https://unixtime.org/).
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ timestamp](https://unixtime.org/).
 it must pass the `txzchk(1)` sanity checks, and when the uncompressed tarball is
 untarred, the resulting directory must pass `chkentry(1)`.
 
-**NOTE**: the `7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e` is your UUID. **MAKE SURE
+**NOTE**: the `00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000` is your UUID. **MAKE SURE
 YOU CHANGE IT TO YOUR UUID**!
 
 **NOTE**: the `SLOT` and `TIMESTAMP` **in the filename** are generated based on
@@ -80,12 +80,11 @@ the file selection step.
 
 When it's uploaded it should say something like:
 
-> • Uploaded file: `submit.9971ada4-b6ae-427d-a7ec-e67a30362cdb-0.1740838915.txz`
+> • Uploaded file: submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5.1740838915.txz
 
 And in the slot it will give you important details like:
 
-- the status of the submission (on upload it will say: `"uploaded file into
+- the status of the submission
-slot"`).
 - the filename, which will be in the correct format, assuming you used
 `mkiocccentry(1)` which is **HIGHLY** recommended so that you do not break [Rule
 17](rules.html#rule17)!
@@ -94,14 +93,13 @@ tarball listing).
 - the upload date.
 - the SHA256 hash of the file.
 
-Again the `7ec754d4-8670-421a-a1b6-7dd3dc5f215e` is your UUID, the `SLOT` is the
+Again the `00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000` is your UUID, the `SLOT` is the
 slot number and `TIMESTAMP` is the build time as a [Unix
 timestamp](https://unixtime.org/).
 
 Now if you're done, log out.
 
-If, on the other hand,, you upload a file that is too big you will see something
+If, on the other hand, you upload a file that is too big you will see something like:
-like:
 
 > The file size of N exceeds the maximum size of 3999971.
 
@@ -111,33 +109,60 @@ And if you try uploading an empty file you'll instead see:
 
 And if you see something like:
 
-> Filename for slot: 0 must match this regular expression: `^submit.dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-0\.[1-9][0-9]
+> Filename for slot: `5` must match this regular expression: `^submit\.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5\.[1-9][0-9]{9,}\.txz`
-{9,}\.txz$`
 
-where `0` is the slot and `dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-01` is the UUID
+You uploaded the wrong filename into a slot.
-then you **MUST** upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, **MAKING SURE** you
+
+For example, for the user `00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000`, slot `5`, a valid filename to upload would be:
+
+> submit.00000000-0000-4000-0000-000000000000-5.1740838915.txz
+
+where `1740838915` is a timestamp created by the `mkiocccentry(1)` tool.
+
+You **MUST** upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, **MAKING SURE** you
 package it with `mkiocccentry`!
 
-If later on you log in and see something like:
+If, however, the slot status shows:
 
-> **Status: server slot error code: 1! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to
+> **Status: file successfully uploaded into slot.**
-this slot.**
 
-or:
+Then you are successfully uploaded a file into the slot.
+
+At this point you may upload another submission file into a different slot, or you're done, log out.
+
+**Please note:** The status page will **NOT** auto-refresh.  After you are uploaded a file into a slot, **DO NOT RELOAD**
+the page as this may cause your browser to needlessly reload the same file to the same slot.
+
+After you fir finished uploading submissions into slots, please logout.
+To see any status updates, you should logout and log back in later.
+
+
+## Checking on the status of your submission
+
+You may check on the status of your submission later on, after you logout by logging back in an looking at the slot status.
+
+**Please note:** The status page will **NOT** auto-refresh.
+
+When the system begins to process your file (which could be an hour or two later), you might see:
+
+> **Status: file fetched. The format test is pending.**
+
+After the format test is complete, if you see an error such as:
 
 > **Status: submit file failed the txzchk test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.**
 
-... or **ANY OTHER ERROR** then you **MUST FIX** your submission, repackage your
+Or:
+
+> **Status: submit file failed the chkentry test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.**
+
+... or **ANY** other error then you **MUST FIX** your submission, repackage your
 tarball with `mkiocccentry` and upload to the same slot again! If you do not fix
 this your submission **WILL BE REJECTED** for violating [Rule
 17](rules.html#rule17)!
 
-After the submission deadline is reached, you can log in to check the status of
+If the format test went well, then you will see:
-your submissions. This is what it will say when the judges have verified
-that your tarball / submission has been validated (NOT judged), by `txzchk(1)`
-and `chkentry(1)`:
 
-> **Status: the format of this submission has been validated.**
+> **Status: submit file received by the IOCCC judges. Passed both txzchk and chkentry tests.**
 
 **IMPORTANT**: this does **NOT** mean that your submission does not violate the
 rules or that everything is OK once the tarball is extracted; it simply means

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@@ -14794,7 +14794,7 @@
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 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/author/John_Dalbec.json</loc>
-    <lastmod>2025-01-10T06:06:40+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-03T20:50:17+00:00</lastmod>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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+    <lastmod>2025-03-03T20:50:17+00:00</lastmod>
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-    <lastmod>2025-03-02T21:48:49+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-03T20:50:17+00:00</lastmod>
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 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/inc/index.html</loc>
@@ -15450,11 +15450,11 @@
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 <url>
     <loc>https://www.ioccc.org/location.html</loc>
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+    <lastmod>2025-03-03T21:02:38+00:00</lastmod>
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 <url>
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-    <lastmod>2025-03-01T21:03:38+00:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2025-03-03T20:50:17+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
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