Subj : Exec
To : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 10:57 pm
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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