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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to ALL on Sun Apr 12 11:11:29 2026
    Is there a way to set up a scheduled event in binkd, sort of like how the
    old BinkleyTerm used to do it?

    Like, stop taking calls (or exit) and run this script, then restart?

    Mike

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  • From Nil A@2:5015/46 to Mike Powell on Mon Apr 13 03:05:58 2026
    Hello, Mike!

    Sunday April 12 2026 11:11, from Mike Powell -> ALL:

    Is there a way to set up a scheduled event in binkd, sort of like how
    the old BinkleyTerm used to do it?

    Binkd will periodically process the outbound according to bundle flavor and the ZMH, not it won't. It's IP only and won't pay attention to ZHM and nodelist flags, cause nobody cares, it's not a phone call which can wake somebody up in the middle of the night.

    You have to you external tools like crontab on UNIX/Linux and whatever facilities available on other platforms. Typical approach would be to create an empty pool file to dial the node from a crontab.

    Like, stop taking calls (or exit) and run this script, then restart?

    That I can't understand your use-case, but sounds like a DOS shit.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/106 to Nil A on Mon Apr 13 08:08:42 2026
    Nil A wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    Binkd will periodically process the outbound according to bundle flavor and the ZMH, not it won't. It's IP only and won't pay attention to ZHM
    and nodelist flags, cause nobody cares, it's not a phone call which can wake somebody up in the middle of the night.

    You have to you external tools like crontab on UNIX/Linux and whatever facilities available on other platforms. Typical approach would be to create an empty pool file to dial the node from a crontab.

    Like, stop taking calls (or exit) and run this script, then restart?

    That I can't understand your use-case, but sounds like a DOS shit.

    I want to roll the log while it is not taking calls. Makes it easier to analize if calls are not cut in half. Not a "DOS shit" use-case. <shrugs>

    Keep being you.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/106 to Jay Harris on Mon Apr 13 08:10:10 2026
    Jay Harris wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    I don't think binkd can do this itself.

    I have binkd setup as a service on linux, in my daily maintenance
    script which runs via cron, I have binkd stop with:

    Good food for thought. I don't currently run it as a daemon but maybe will
    in future.

    Mike

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/106 to Nick Andre on Tue Apr 14 00:10:20 2026

    You need to have an OS script that kills the BinkD process, do your log thing
    and then restart it.

    I was pretty sure that is what I would need to do, but I did want to ask first.

    Thanks!



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