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   Wilfred van Velzen to Joacim Melin   
   Re: Exec   
   09 Oct 25 23:20:54   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20240604   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 68e82867   
   REPLY: 2:221/242.0@FidoNet 68e88c74   
   Hi Joacim,   
      
   On 2025-10-09 22:30:14, you wrote to All:   
      
    JM> I'm trying to get the Exec parameter in binkd.cfg on Linux to work.   
      
    JM> I tried this (having no idea wth I'm doing...):   
      
    JM> exec "crashmail toss settings /etc/binkd/crashmail.prefs"   
      
    JM> Does not work, of course.  What am I doing wrong here?   I also tried it   
   with   
    JM> the full path to Crashmail:   
      
    JM> exec "/usr/bin/crashmail toss settings /etc/binkd/crashmail.prefs"   
      
    JM> Same result:   
      
    JM> ? 09 Oct 23:07:48 [10527] the syntax is incorrect for 'exec' ? 09 Oct   
   23:07:48   
    JM> [10527] error in configuration, using old config   
      
    JM> Any ideas?   
      
   The exec line needs at least a second parameter, to specify on which files   
   received it needs to be executed.   
      
   So use * for all files.   
   Or *.[pP][kK][tT] for packet files.   
      
   There are plenty of examples for this in the binkd.conf example file!   
   https://github.com/pgul/binkd/blob/master/binkd.conf   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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