I have recently downloaded binkd for DOS, and am experiencing the following issue:

When I try to run the command:

binkd -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg

I get the following error message:

21:51 [2026] binkd.cfg: line 134: error in configuration files
21:51 [2026]inkdin: incorrect directory
21:51 [2026] error in configuration, aborting

Line 134 from my binkd.cfg file has:

inbound c:\binkd\in

And this directory exist into my DOS system.

Is there anything special regarding the inbound directory?

Regards,

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Re: Binkd for DOS
By: Flavio Bessa to All on Thu Feb 04 2021 09:59 pm

inbound c:\binkd\in

And this directory exist into my DOS system.

You might need to escape the path, depending on your OS..

c:\\binkd\\in

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Flavio!

04 Feb 21 21:59, you wrote to all:

I have recently downloaded binkd for DOS, and am experiencing the following
issue:

When I try to run the command:

binkd -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg

I get the following error message:

21:51 [2026] binkd.cfg: line 134: error in configuration files
21:51 [2026]inkdin: incorrect directory
21:51 [2026] error in configuration, aborting

Line 134 from my binkd.cfg file has:

inbound c:\binkd\in

And this directory exist into my DOS system.

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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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:

I have recently downloaded binkd for DOS, and am experiencing the following
issue:

When I try to run the command:

binkd -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg

I get the following error message:

21:51 [2026] binkd.cfg: line 134: error in configuration files
21:51 [2026]inkdin: incorrect directory
21:51 [2026] error in configuration, aborting

Line 134 from my binkd.cfg file has:

inbound c:\binkd\in

And this directory exist into my DOS system.

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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Hello Rob!

04 Feb 21 17:51, you wrote to me:

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.

Never tried that, but it doesn't particularly surprise me.

Andrew

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Backslashes in the configuration file are used as escape characters.
You need to specify 2 backslashes to do what you want to do.

Thanks, that worked fine!

Now I have another error message:

C:\BINKD>binkd -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg
23:03 [2026] BEGIN, binkd/1.0a-318/DOS -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg
!23:03 [2026] sock_init: Permission denied

I checked, and the IP address was granted by the DHCP server.

What could it be?

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