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Skriven 2011-08-16 15:59:32 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 21745 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: BinkD data in the nodelist
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>> Over here, there is a file distribution that also takes care of such
>> things. Jerry Schwartz creates a weekly binkd.txt file that is current
>> with weekly nodelist. You can tell your binkp mailer to included that
>> file. It's located here:

>> http://www.filegate.net/ipfn/i-binkd/BINKD.TXT

> I got it, and it appears pretty complete - even I'm in it - but I prefer a
> standalone solution where possible.

Hmm.. you could probably write a batch file, something like:

wget http://www.filegate.net/ipfn/i-binkd/BINKD.TXT copy BINKD.TXT c:\binkd\

or you could use Curl to fetch it.. same basic idea <grin>

The filename is the same each week, so no problem there. As long as you had
'include c://binkd//BINKD.TXT' in your binkd.cfg (think that's the proper
syntax but I haven't run OS/2 in while) it should be ok.

>Unfortunately, Jerry is using a Perl script (Linux port) for this, and althoug
> I've meanwhile managed to locate all the components (I use OS/2):

> bnlpl13.zip
> libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
> perl-5.10.0-os2-20071227.zip

> The directions on how to actually install and use this are more than scanty.
> For example, in the Perl archive there's:
>"Note that this build of Perl is coded to look in /perl5/lib for its libraries

> If your Perl is installed somewhere else, you need to set an environment
> variable to tell Perl the install location, ie:

> set PERLLIB_PREFIX=/perl5/lib;x:/path/to/perl5/lib"

That does look like Linux syntax..

> All of this may be trivial for Linux gurus, but I'm not one (I _did_ install
>Linux several times over the years, and _did_ manage to get things like Golded
>and MsgED running properly, but it took mountains of time to do even that, and
> so I'm still using OS/2 for my fido system).

Understand :)

> So for the time being, I'll jast take the easy way out and use the "finished"
> include file you helpfully pointed out - with great thanks for the tip.


> But if you know of someone who can give me (with very little Linux experience
> and no experience at all installing Linux ports in OS/2) some help installing
> this system in eComStation (OS/2), I'd be very interested, too.

Sean Dennis would probably have been the one to talk to.. but now with his
going back to school and taking a break from Fido, the timing is not good
there.

>P.S. Just noticed that the include file is made up from the Z1 nodelist, and I
> don't know what if any differences there are to the Z2 one. Hope this won't
> give any problems with my Z2 contacts.

It shouldn't make a difference.. the main difference between the Z2 and the
Zone 1 nodelists  are the order the nodelist regions are in..  we start the
nodelist in Zone 1 with Region 10.. Zone 2 starts with Region 20..(obviously
also ZC1 is list first over here, ZC2 is listed first over there <g>).

I import the Z2 nodelist segment that Ward sends me exactly as is into the Zone
1 nodelist... I'm sure he does the same with the Z1 segment.

I took a look at Jerry's BINKD.TXT file, and I didn't see anything that looked
like it might cause trouble.  If it does, I'm sure he'd like to know.

Take care,
Janis

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