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   Message 7,295 of 8,958   
   Rob Swindell to Andrew Leary   
   Binkd for DOS   
   04 Feb 21 17:51:07   
   
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     Re: Binkd for DOS   
     By: Andrew Leary to Flavio Bessa on Thu Feb 04 2021 08:23 pm   
      
    > 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   
      
   Or use foward-slashes (e.g. c:/binkd/in) - yes, it works fine in DOS.   
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                                               digital man   
      
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