Subj : Binkd for DOS
To   : Flavio Bessa
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Feb 04 2021 08:23 pm

Hello Flavio!

04 Feb 21 21:59, you wrote to all:

 FB> I have recently downloaded binkd for DOS, and am experiencing the
 FB> following
 FB> issue:

 FB> When I try to run the command:

 FB> binkd -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg

 FB> I get the following error message:

 FB> 21:51 [2026] binkd.cfg: line 134: error in configuration files
 FB> 21:51 [2026]inkdin: incorrect directory
 FB> 21:51 [2026] error in configuration, aborting

 FB> Line 134 from my binkd.cfg file has:

 FB> inbound c:\binkd\in

 FB> And this directory exist into my DOS system.

 FB> Is there anything special regarding the inbound directory?

Backslashes in the configuration file are used as escape characters.  You need 
to specify 2 backslashes to do what you want to do.

ie:

inbound c:\\binkd\\in

Hope this helps,

Andrew

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