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to: Mvan Le
from: Andrew Leary
date: 2008-01-12 06:14:48
subject: Binkley.Scd and Binkley.Day

-=> Mvan Le wrote to All <=-

 ML> I'm seeking clarification on Binkley.Scd and Binkley.Day.

 ML> What does each file do exactly ? The documentation doesn't state their
 ML> difference; or that the .Day file is perhaps for some DOS rollover
 ML> compatibility feature ...

 ML> For some reason when I delete them and then restart Binkleyterm, the
 ML> "current" E1= event runs when the force flag is not set
(ie. the E1=
 ML> event that pertains to the current time frame/range).

 ML> For example, in Binkley.Evt:

 ML>   event all 04:20 05:00 m t=6,10 e2=20 e3=30 e1=101 ; ZMH poll

 ML> If I delete the *.scd and *.day file, and then restart Binkleyterm, and
 ML> if the system time is between 04:20 and 05:00, Binkleyterm proceeds to
 ML> exit with errorlevel 101 (E1=101).

 ML> Should that happen ?


BINKLEY.SCD is Binkley's compiled schedule; basically a binary version
of your event file.  BINKLEY.DAY tracks the events that have been
executed for the current day, IIRC.  If you delete them, Binkley will
re-execute the events, as you have seen.

Regards,

Andrew

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