How would one create a semaphore for BinkP, and allow it to immediately toss/scan messages? Is this possible?

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On 2017 Mar 08 21:26:10, you wrote to All:

How would one create a semaphore for BinkP, and allow it to immediately toss/scan messages? Is this possible?

binkd (not p which is the protocol) doesn't toss or scan messages... that's the
job of your tosser...

binkd, on the other hand, can create a "flag file" (aka semaphore) or it can execute your tosser directly...

to create a "flag file" you would use the "flag" keyword similar to the following...

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic


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On 03/08/17, j b l said the following...

How would one create a semaphore for BinkP, and allow it to immediately toss/scan messages? Is this possible?

Well, BinkP is the protocol which is used by programs like BinkD. BinkD wouldn't be used to toss/scan your messages. This would need to be done with the mail tosser for your system.

If you're looking to creating semaphore files to force polls of your uplinks, that is something that can be done. What I did, was create a batch file that went into each of the directories, and created the semaphore file. This is
the line that I used:

cd . >>03060000.ilo

The filename is actually the hex difference between your net address, and
your uplinks address.

Hope this helps.


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Re: Semaphores.
By: mark lewis to j b l on Wed Mar 08 2017 11:00 pm

to create a "flag file" you would use the "flag" keyword similar to the following...

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic

How would I pass the tosser/scanner to this line?

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Re: Semaphores.
By: mark lewis to j b l on Wed Mar 08 2017 11:00 pm

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic

Also, which directory does the semaphore file have to be in?

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ignatius
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Hello j b l,

to create a "flag file" you would use the "flag" keyword similar to the
following...

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr?
*.sa? *.pkt *.tic

How would I pass the tosser/scanner to this line?

Your tosser would check for the existence or time stamp of the semaphore/flag file and then execute based on your tosser config.

There is also the exec option when using BinkD as in:

exec "<path>/<tosser>" *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.tic *.pkt

The "<path>/<tosser>" could either be the path and commandline of your tosser or path and bash/batch file to be executed.

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On 2017 Mar 09 02:40:34, you wrote to me:

to create a "flag file" you would use the "flag" keyword similar to
the following...

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th?
*.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic

How would I pass the tosser/scanner to this line?

after the session is over, binkd will create the file x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem... you need another process to watch for that semaphore... when it appears, start your mail tossing routine... remember to set another semaphore to prevent mail tossing from running more than one at a time... you should also remove this mail-in.sem since it has done its business...

eg:
rem ** mail tossing script **
rem first check if we are already running
rem if so, just exit out the bottom
if exist x:\foo\semaphore\tossing.sem goto end
rem tell others that we're running
echo.>x:\foo\semaphore\tossing.sem
rem remove the semaphore that started us
del x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem
rem do tossing stuff here
rem do more tossing stuff here
rem all done so now we can remove our semaphore
del x:\foo\semaphore\tossing.sem
:end
rem that's all folks!


i wrote that on the fly as a simple .bat file... i'm not sure which side you need this on... if you are working on the linux side of the fence, you might be
able to get fancy and just monitor the datetime of the semaphore rather than having to delete it... it is possible to have a race condition but it isn't that bad for this process... the tosser generally has its own mechanism to prevent it from running more than once at a time... these semaphores are to start this process and prevent the script from running more than once...

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On 2017 Mar 09 03:01:06, you wrote to me:

flag x:\\foo\\semaphore\\mail-in.sem *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th?
*.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic

Also, which directory does the semaphore file have to be in?

looking above, you can put it where ever you want... any drive, any directory, any file name... if your binkd is on the linux side of the fence, use the linux
path format...

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Re: Semaphores.
By: mark lewis to j b l on Thu Mar 09 2017 10:12 am

x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem... you need another process to watch for that semaphore... when it appears, start your mail tossing routine... remember

And how would I start this other process?

you need this on... if you are working on the linux side of the fence, you might be able to get fancy and just monitor the datetime of the semaphore

Yes. This is on the linux side.

Thanks,
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j b l wrote to mark lewis on 03-09-17 20:57 <=-

Re: Semaphores.
By: mark lewis to j b l on Thu Mar 09 2017 10:12 am

x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem... you need another process to watch for that semaphore... when it appears, start your mail tossing routine... remember

And how would I start this other process?

The other process is your tosser. What tosser are you using to import/export the mail?

you need this on... if you are working on the linux side of the fence, you might be able to get fancy and just monitor the datetime of the semaphore

Yes. This is on the linux side.

Are you using sbbs as your bbs and sbbsecho as your tosser? If so, then point the semaphore file named 'FIDOIN.NOW' to your ../sbbs/data folder. sbbsecho will see that semaphore and do it's thing for you. You can create a bash script to run once it sees that semaphore and configure it under ./scfg. > External Programs > Timed Events > FIDOIN.

You can use the following in the binkd.cfg file..

flag ../sbbs/data/fidoin.now *.pkt *.PKT
.[mMwWtTfFsS][oOeEhHrRaAuU][0-9a-zA-Z]

If you're running sbbsecho as standalone as I am, you can use the binkd's EXEC. Mine entry is as follows:

exec "/home/pi/sbbs/exec/./inmail.sh" *.pkt *.[mwtfs][oehrau][0-9a-zA-Z]

If binkd sees a pkt or a bundle, it will call inmail.sh. This is what mine looks like.

*****Start inmail.sh

#!/bin/bash -e



echo "*****Setting CTRL variable"



SBBSCTRL=/home/pi/sbbs/ctrl/ && export SBBSCTRL



cd /home/pi/sbbs/exec




echo ?***** Process inbound mail?



#I create a log everytime there's inbound mail so if there's a problem I can review it.

./sbbsecho -lesr > /home/pi/sbbs/events/inerror.log




if [ -f /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/secure/*.bad ]; then

mv -f /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/secure/*.bad /home/pi/sbbs/sportnet/bad/

fi

*****End inmail.sh

BTW, that bash script has been sliced, diced, reviewed and given the ok by many who know better than I.

Hope this helps


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Re: Semaphores.
By: Bill McGarrity to j b l on Thu Mar 09 2017 10:59 pm

The other process is your tosser. What tosser are you using to import/export the mail?

I'm using HPT.

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On 2017 Mar 09 20:57:50, you wrote to me:

x:\foo\semaphore\mail-in.sem... you need another process to watch for
that semaphore... when it appears, start your mail tossing routine...
remember

And how would I start this other process?

you could have a looping process that starts at bootup, looks for the mail-in.sem semaphore to start processing and sleeps for some period of time between looks for the semaphore... this one could start other scripts for the actual processing or it could do all the processing itself...

or

you could have a single shot process that gets fired by cron every so often... when it starts it would look for its semaphores before doing any work which could be running other scripts for the actual processing or it could do all the
processing itself...

you need this on... if you are working on the linux side of the
fence, you might be able to get fancy and just monitor the datetime
of the semaphore

Yes. This is on the linux side.

let's get the basics of this working first before getting too fancy ;)

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j b l wrote to Bill McGarrity on 03-10-17 00:25 <=-

Re: Semaphores.
By: Bill McGarrity to j b l on Thu Mar 09 2017 10:59 pm

The other process is your tosser. What tosser are you using to import/export the mail?

I'm using HPT.

Then use the EXEC option.

EXEC "<path/to/husky>/htp toss" *.pkt *.[mtwrs][oehrau][0-9a-zA-Z]

Now this will just let hpt toss incoming. If you have other processes that need to be run on incoming mail, then I'd advise putting together a bash script and putting that in place of 'hpt toss'.


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