Subj : Re: Copy before process..
To   : All
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Thu Sep 19 2024 15:04:58

On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:27:58 +0200
"Floris van Unen" (2:280/2050) <Floris.van.Unen@f2050.n280.z2.fidonet>
wrote:

>    Hello Rick!
> 
> 19 Sep 24 09:51, you wrote to all:
> 
>  RS> Hello All!  
> 
>  RS> I am trying to track down an error from a downlink... How would
>  RS> I copy pkts before process? Is in the main-in script I use or ?
>  RS> I believe it has to be when binkd receives and before hpt
>  RS> tosses?  
> 
> I got my binkd to copy anything that it receives before it gets
> tossed. In the binkd config i added:
> 
> ===
> # Run an external program.
> # The "!" before program pathname means immediate program execution
> #   after receiving the file.
> # ***
> # Macros: *F - complete name of received file,
> #         *H - remote hostname or IP,
> #
> exec "/path/to/archiver.sh *F *H" *
> ===
> 
> and the archiver.sh script is
> ===
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> Y=`date '+%Y'`
> W=`date '+%V'`
> B=`basename $1`
> L=/path/to/archive/$Y/$W
> mkdir -p $L
> cp -vf $1 $L/$2_$B
> ===
> 
> This gives me an archive folder per year and in there per week of the
> incoming packets prefixed with the hostname where they came from.
> 
> enjoy,
> Floris

Nice script. it's a shame someone didn't do something like that the day
fidonet started. It would be a great archive to have.
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