Subj : Exec
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 22:57:25

 WvV> Hi Joacim,

 WvV> 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 
 WvV> 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:
 WvV> 07:48
 JM>> [10527] error in configuration, using old config

 JM>> Any ideas?

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

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

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

Thank you Wilfred.  That did it!  

Now I need to figure out the nodelist compiler but that's for another night...  


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