1.71.5.204-B20160823

Do you want to get your Fidonet mail over the Internet, using a mailer-like system such as BinkD or Bink4D? Do you want to automate this, but find that BinkD doesn't exit correctly with -p, doesn't react to any signals but Ctrl-C?

Try altering this ARexx to your needs:

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/* Poll nodes with Bink4D, which does NOT
* correctly exit with the -p option.
*
* Neil Williams, neil@zeusdev.co.uk 2:442/107
*
* Appears to work okay, even killing bink4d if we
* get a 'no route to host error.
*/

options results
failat 21

call addlib("rexxsupport.library",0,-30,0)

call pragma( 'Directory', 'Work:Comms/Binkd/' )

/* Un*x. GRR! */
oldstack = pragma( 'Stack','100000' )

address command

/* Force a poll even if we have no mail.
* Yes, this is how it works..
* NB: double redirection to append, not
* overwrite the file if one exists.
*/
'echo >>Outbound:2.5020.52.0.FLO'

'delete Outbound:2.5020.52.0.bsy Outbound:2.5020.52.0.csy'

/* Run with -p in case it feels like working today.
*/
'run bink4d -p Binkd.cfg'

/* Delay 5 seconds for it to initalise and begin a poll.
*/
call delay( 5*50 )

/* .bsy and .csy both exist while there is a poll.
* I don't know the significance of the difference,
* but this can be easily changed if there is a need.
*/
do while exists( 'Outbound:2.5020.52.0.csy' )
call delay( 1*50 )
end

/* All hail Executive! But this can be done with
* backtick and status/break magic if need be.
*/
'kill n bink4d'

call pragma( 'Stack', oldstack )

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