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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   
      
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