Subj : Binkley.Scd and Binkley.Day
To : Mvan Le
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Sat Jan 12 2008 06:14 am
-=> Mvan Le wrote to All <=-
ML> I'm seeking clarification on Binkley.Scd and Binkley.Day.
ML> What does each file do exactly ? The documentation doesn't state their
ML> difference; or that the .Day file is perhaps for some DOS rollover
ML> compatibility feature ...
ML> For some reason when I delete them and then restart Binkleyterm, the
ML> "current" E1= event runs when the force flag is not set (ie. the E1=
ML> event that pertains to the current time frame/range).
ML> For example, in Binkley.Evt:
ML> event all 04:20 05:00 m t=6,10 e2=20 e3=30 e1=101 ; ZMH poll
ML> If I delete the *.scd and *.day file, and then restart Binkleyterm, and
ML> if the system time is between 04:20 and 05:00, Binkleyterm proceeds to
ML> exit with errorlevel 101 (E1=101).
ML> Should that happen ?
BINKLEY.SCD is Binkley's compiled schedule; basically a binary version
of your event file. BINKLEY.DAY tracks the events that have been
executed for the current day, IIRC. If you delete them, Binkley will
re-execute the events, as you have seen.
