Subj : binkd.txt?
To : Jeff Smith
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Fri Jan 06 2017 04:28 pm
Hi Jeff,
>>> Who has the responsibility of generating the binkd.txt/binkd.nl file(s)?
>>> I see that they are created using a script by:
>>> "Created by binkd_nodelister.pl version 1.0 - 26 November 2002
>>> # Copyright (c) 2002 by Jerry Schwartz and Write by Night"
>>Hmm... where do you see that in the list? There is a problem, I agree, but I
>> don't see nodelister.pl in the list.
> I grabbed that from the header of the current BINKD.TXT file
Ok..
>>> I ask because BinkD chokes on the latest BINKD.TXT file that I grabbed from
>>> filegate earlier. Seems there are many, many, many entries such as:
>>> Node 1:11/331 ftn.emergencyscene.net
>>> -
>>> Node 1:11/340 binkp.echo-base-bbs.com
>>> -
>>> Node 1:120/0 ftn.rocasa.com;95.154.237.85 -
>>> Node 1:120/229 xblade.mooo.com -
>>> Node 1:120/301 bbs.legionhq.net:60178 - Node 1:120/302 mojo.synchro.net
>>> ;bbs.mojosworld.net -
>>>BinkD here chokes on the lines containing just a "-". I cleaned up the first
>>> 1000 or lines. But if I run BinkD I get:
>>>03:40 [21818] /home/bbs/sbbs/binkd/binkd.nl: line 1027: error in configurati
>>> files
>>> 03:40 [21818] -: unknown keyword
>> I see CRLF at the end of the domain field in a lot of the entries, and yes,
>> that would cause problems.
>That's what I saw also. Taking them out fixes the problem as far as BinkD seem
> to be concerned.
>>Jame Clay creates the list but he hadn't been able to make a new list in a lo
>> time because he was moving to more permanent location. I believe that is
>> resolved now. I'll contact him and ask him to get out a new version.
> Thanks. In the BINKD.TXT file I didn't see (Unless I missed it) him listed as
> the person generating the list.
It is in filegate.zxx, where file coords are listed, Jame's entry is under
I-Nodelist FDN's file echo, I-BINKD.
> I did a little searching for the nodelister.pl file to see if I could acquire
> it and generate my own BINKD.TXT nodelist. <g>
Hopefully, I'll hear back from Jame about this so we don't all have to do that
:)
