Subj : Re: Exec
To   : Joacim Melin
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 23:20:54

Hi Joacim,

On 2025-10-09 22:30:14, you wrote to All:

 JM> I'm trying to get the Exec parameter in binkd.cfg on Linux to work.

 JM> I tried this (having no idea wth I'm doing...):

 JM> exec "crashmail toss settings /etc/binkd/crashmail.prefs"

 JM> Does not work, of course.  What am I doing wrong here?   I also tried it with
 JM> the full path to Crashmail:

 JM> exec "/usr/bin/crashmail toss settings /etc/binkd/crashmail.prefs"

 JM> Same result:

 JM> ? 09 Oct 23:07:48 [10527] the syntax is incorrect for 'exec' ? 09 Oct 23:07:48
 JM> [10527] error in configuration, using old config

 JM> Any ideas?

The exec line needs at least a second parameter, to specify on which files received it needs to be executed.

So use * for all files.
Or *.[pP][kK][tT] for packet files.

There are plenty of examples for this in the binkd.conf example file! https://github.com/pgul/binkd/blob/master/binkd.conf


Bye, Wilfred.

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