Subj : Semaphores.
To   : j b l
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Thu Mar 09 2017 10:59 pm

-=> j b l wrote to mark lewis on 03-09-17 20:57 <=-

 jbl>  Re: Semaphores.
 jbl>  By: mark lewis to j b l on Thu Mar 09 2017 10:12 am

 ML> x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem... you need another process to watch for that
 ML> semaphore... when it appears, start your mail tossing routine... remember

 jbl> And how would I start this other process?

The other process is your tosser. What tosser are you using to import/export
the mail?


 ML> you need this on... if you are working on the linux side of the fence, you
 ML> might be able to get fancy and just monitor the datetime of the semaphore

 jbl> Yes. This is on the linux side.

Are you using sbbs as your bbs and sbbsecho as your tosser?  If so, then point
the semaphore file named 'FIDOIN.NOW' to your ../sbbs/data folder. sbbsecho
will see that semaphore and do it's thing for you.  You can create a bash
script to run once it sees that semaphore and configure it under ./scfg.  >
External Programs > Timed Events > FIDOIN.

You can use the following in the binkd.cfg file..

flag ../sbbs/data/fidoin.now *.pkt *.PKT
..[mMwWtTfFsS][oOeEhHrRaAuU][0-9a-zA-Z]

If you're running sbbsecho as standalone as I am, you can use the binkd's EXEC.
Mine entry is as follows:

exec "/home/pi/sbbs/exec/./inmail.sh" *.pkt *.[mwtfs][oehrau][0-9a-zA-Z]

If binkd sees a pkt or a bundle, it will call inmail.sh.  This is what mine
looks like.

*****Start inmail.sh

#!/bin/bash -e



echo "*****Setting CTRL variable"



SBBSCTRL=/home/pi/sbbs/ctrl/ && export SBBSCTRL



cd /home/pi/sbbs/exec




echo ?***** Process inbound mail?



#I create a log everytime there's inbound mail so if there's a problem I can
review it.

../sbbsecho -lesr > /home/pi/sbbs/events/inerror.log




if [ -f /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/secure/*.bad ]; then

mv -f /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/secure/*.bad /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/bad/

fi

*****End inmail.sh

BTW, that bash script has been sliced, diced, reviewed and given the ok by many
who know better than I.

Hope this helps


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Bill

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