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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