Subj : binkd.conf
To   : J B L
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Fri Mar 10 2017 01:45 am

Hello j b l,

>> you're doing it twice... choose one or the other for your tossing...
>> either use a semaphore to signal the toss needs to be done at some point
>> in time OR execute the toss script directly... one or the other...

> If I go the semaphore route, how will it know when to use the tosser/scanner?
> It isn't defined in the "flag" line..

If you go the flag route it would up to the mail tosser to monitor either the 
existence of or the time stamp of the flag file then run the tosser.

If you go the exec route then upon BinkD session termination BinkD would call 
the tosser either by command line execution or by calling a bash script file 
which would run the tosser. 

I use the exec option with the pertinent BinkD line being:

exec "/home/bbbs/mailin.sh" *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.tic
*.pkt  

Which calls the "mailin.sh" bash file run the tosser upon the existence  of 
files with any of the specified extensions. The mailin.sh bash file might be:

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#!/bin/sh
cd /home/bbbs

# incoming fido mail or tics
../bbbs bogus w > /dev/null 2>&1
../bbbs btick > /dev/null 2>&1

# outgoing fido mail
../bbbs bogus r > /dev/null 2>&1

# notify node 1 to rescan outbound
touch work/rescan.1
#
../bbbs bogus f upd.log &
#
# Make New file Announcements of any newly received files.
../bbbs btxt2bbs New File Announcements /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt /F SysOp /T 
All /S  New File Announcement
#
exit
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The above bash file is for running BBBS's mail tosser and doing other tasks. 
Your bash file would be of course tailored to your particular tosser. It  
should be noted that BBBS has it's own BinkD capabilities and I use BinkD  
separately only when needed.


Jeff

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