Subj : Mailer and front end...
To   : Shurato
From : Vorlon
Date : Tue Oct 01 2024 12:16 pm


Hello Shurato!

30 Sep 24 14:52, you wrote to me:

 Vo>> This is what is on my linux system:

 Vo>> exec "/home/husky/hpt-copy.sh"
 Vo>> /home/husky/inbound.sec/*.[0-9A-Za-z] *.[pP][kK][tT]
[...]

 Sh> I understand that, but I'm don't need to look for any file patterns,
 Sh> the executables in the batch file do that for me.  I would think binkd
 Sh> would be flexible enough to not need something that isn't being used.
 Sh> I'll just bite the bullet and add *.pkt, even though it really won't
 Sh> do anything...

Binkd won't do anything at all if you don't give it a file mask to look for.

That's the  *.[0-9A-Za-z] *.[pP][kK][tT]  part.

The *.[0-9A-Za-z] is looking for compressd packets, while the *.[pP][kK][tT]  is looking for raw packets.

When it finds that matching mask at the end of the session, it starts your script.
Nothing more nothing less.



It is then upto your script to do any fancy things.



Vorlon


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