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|    Andrew Leary to Flavio Bessa    |
|    Binkd for DOS    |
|    04 Feb 21 20:23:33    |
      REPLY: 4:801/188 5d0c78dc       MSGID: 1:320/219@fidonet 601c9e8e       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: -0500       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.21 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       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              --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net (1:320/219)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 16/0 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/130 131 129/305 132/174       SEEN-BY: 142/926 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/101 200 424 426 550       SEEN-BY: 229/664 1016 1017 240/2100 5138 5411 5832 5853 6309 249/109       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 261/38 280/464 292/854 310/31 320/119 219       SEEN-BY: 320/319 322/0 757 342/200 633/280 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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