Hi mark!

27 Jan 16, mark lewis ==> Pavel Gulchouck:

 PG>> In my PoV, on unix binkd should look for binkd.conf in sysconfdir set by
 PG>> configure (/usr/local/etc by default), then ~/binkd.conf.

 ml> perhaps the second place to look would be better known as
~/.binkd/binkd.conf or ~/.ftn/binkd.conf??

It's usual for unix utilities, but I doubt about it's convenient for binkd.
binkd is part of fidonet system and I do not think that somebody keep
binkd.conf in hidden directory in his home. It's not utility like vim or curl.
So, config ~/binkd.conf or ~/etc/binkd.conf is more common - if binkd works
from system user "fnet" or "fido" or when user have no root permissions.

 ml> me? my binkd is built for private use in my personal home directory so all
of it resides within ~/... spcifically, i use

 ml>   --prefix=~/ftn/

 ml> in my script that updates, configures, builds and installs binkd... if
there are other users on the system that want or
 ml> need to use binkd, they can build their own copy ;)

Sure, sysconfdir should be first place for search binkd.conf.

configure options:

  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[/usr/local]
[...]
  --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]

              Lucky carrier,
                           Pavel
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