All,

Something I've been seeing that I'm trying to figure out:

-----<cut>----------------------------------
% 11:16:58 System: between
% 11:16:58 execvp returned -1, errno is 2.
? 11:16:58 Error executing program. -----<cut>---------------------------------

IIRC, the error being returned is 'No such fail or directory'. The script is present and is executable, and it runs fine when executed manually. I've not (so far) found in the config a way to explicitly set the filename and path for the script, so I've thought it should be in the directory where irex (rexl) is running...



Jame

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Rj Clay wrote to All:

All,

Something I've been seeing that I'm trying to figure out:

-----<cut>----------------------------------
% 11:16:58 System: between
% 11:16:58 execvp returned -1, errno is 2.
? 11:16:58 Error executing program. -----<cut>---------------------------------

IIRC, the error being returned is 'No such fail or directory'. The script is present and is executable, and it runs fine when executed manually. I've not (so far) found in the config a way to explicitly
set the filename and path for the script, so I've thought it should
be in the directory where irex (rexl) is running...

Not having any experience at all with the L version, I can only guess.

Is the 'script' a reference to the 'batch' file used in the DOS or Win
version, as in between.bat? Is Linux looking for a file with a .SCR
extension? Are *.SCR files executable in Linux?

R\%/itt


... Mark Owen: "Hey, did you ever hear anything about that beer?
... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
... SUCKER."


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Roy,

13 Oct 12 21:05, you wrote to me:

Rj Clay wrote to All:

Something I've been seeing that I'm trying to figure out:

-----<cut>----------------------------------
% 11:16:58 System: between
% 11:16:58 execvp returned -1, errno is 2.
? 11:16:58 Error executing program.
-----<cut>---------------------------------

IIRC, the error being returned is 'No such fail or directory'.

Is the 'script' a reference to the 'batch' file used in the DOS or Win version, as in between.bat?

A 'script', as in; "a small program written for a command interpreter...".
And yes, on DOS or Windows systems, they've been commonly referred to as 'batch' files.

Is Linux looking for a file with a .SCR extension? Are *.SCR files executable in Linux?

On linux/unix systems, there is no requirement for using an extension on a file name (like '.bat' or '.cmd') in order to identify a file as a batch or script file, although it's not unusual to use one for other reasons. (The command line shell checks the first line in the file for the sequence "#!" at the beginning of the line; if present, then what follows on that line is the path & name to the program to be used to process the rest of the file.)

So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates that IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named "between", which the error says it can't access and/or find. That file is in the base directory where Internet Rex is installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including 'rexl'. It is set as an excutable.








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Rj Clay wrote to Roy Witt:

Something I've been seeing that I'm trying to figure out:

-----<cut>----------------------------------
% 11:16:58 System: between
% 11:16:58 execvp returned -1, errno is 2.
? 11:16:58 Error executing program.
-----<cut>---------------------------------

IIRC, the error being returned is 'No such fail or directory'.

Is the 'script' a reference to the 'batch' file used in the DOS or
Win version, as in between.bat?

A 'script', as in; "a small program written for a command interpreter...". And yes, on DOS or Windows systems, they've been
commonly referred to as 'batch' files.

OK...

Is Linux looking for a file with a .SCR extension? Are *.SCR files
executable in Linux?

On linux/unix systems, there is no requirement for using an
extension on a file name (like '.bat' or '.cmd') in order to identify
a file as a batch or script file, although it's not unusual to use
one for other reasons. (The command line shell checks the first line
in the file for the sequence "#!" at the beginning of the line; if present, then what follows on that line is the path & name to the
program to be used to process the rest of the file.)

Ok with that too.

So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates that
IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named "between",
which the error says it can't access and/or find. That file is in the
base directory where Internet Rex is installed, where the Irex
executables are installed, including 'rexl'. It is set as an
excutable.

Experience with Irex tells me that you need to point rex at that file, including drive and path before it will execute it. Dunno how Linux would
do that, but I'm sure you get what I mean...

Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run - yes)
B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external event, yes)

R\%/itt


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... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
... SUCKER."


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So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates that
IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named "between",
which the error says it can't access and/or find. That file is in
the base directory where Internet Rex is installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including 'rexl'. It is set as an
excutable.

enter that script's name in irex as ./script and see if it can find it then...

)\/(ark


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Roy,

14 Oct 12 16:32, you wrote to me:

Experience with Irex tells me that you need to point rex at that file, including drive and path before it will execute it. Dunno how Linux
would do that, but I'm sure you get what I mean...

Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run - yes)
B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external event,
yes)

I don't currently have an event like that configured. Is that required in order to have the 'between' script run?





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mark,

15 Oct 12 13:11, you wrote to me:

So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates
that IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named
"between", which the error says it can't access and/or find.
That file is in the base directory where Internet Rex is
installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including
'rexl'. It is set as an excutable.

enter that script's name in irex as ./script and see if it can find it then...

As in "./between"? But where is that configured? I wondered if that might be at least part of the issue but haven't found where that might be set. (Perhaps I don't have the right 'User level' setting?)





Jame


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So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates
that IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named
"between", which the error says it can't access and/or find.
That file is in the base directory where Internet Rex is
installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including
'rexl'. It is set as an excutable.

enter that script's name in irex as ./script and see if it can find it then...

As in "./between"?

it was a pure WAG... i didn't realize that you were speaking of the between script... i think that one is hardcoded but...

But where is that configured?

i have no clue... i don't do IREX :?

I wondered if that might be at least part of the issue but
haven't found where that might be set. (Perhaps I don't have the
right 'User level' setting?)

what are the permissions on the files? what user is IREX running as?

)\/(ark


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Rj Clay wrote to Roy Witt:

Experience with Irex tells me that you need to point rex at that
file, including drive and path before it will execute it. Dunno how
Linux would do that, but I'm sure you get what I mean...

Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run -
yes) B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external
event, yes)

I don't currently have an event like that configured. Is that
required in order to have the 'between' script run?

At the end/bottom of each event is a question that asks if you want to
run the between.bat (DOS and Win), dunno what it says in Linux mode.

But highlighting that question and pressing the F1 key will give you some config clues on the use of such a file.

R\%/itt


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... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
... SUCKER."


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mark lewis wrote to Rj Clay:

So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates
that IRex is attempting to run the batch/script file named
"between", which the error says it can't access and/or find.
That file is in the base directory where Internet Rex is
installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including
'rexl'. It is set as an excutable.

enter that script's name in irex as ./script and see if it can find
it then...

As in "./between"?

it was a pure WAG... i didn't realize that you were speaking of the between script... i think that one is hardcoded but...

Yeup, found at the bottom/end of an event config window.

But where is that configured?

i have no clue... i don't do IREX :?

8^)

I wondered if that might be at least part of the issue but
haven't found where that might be set. (Perhaps I don't have the
right 'User level' setting?)

what are the permissions on the files? what user is IREX running as?

It should work even for the lowest User Level, as it is a batch file that
can be executed while an event is in progress...using the F1 key when in
that event config window on the line that asks if you want to run
BETWEEN.BAT (win and DOS) you can check for various other flags, etc...

Dunno how it is worded in the Linux version.

R\%/itt


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... SUCKER."


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I wondered if that might be at least part of the issue but
haven't found where that might be set. (Perhaps I don't have the
right 'User level' setting?)

what are the permissions on the files? what user is IREX running as?

It should work even for the lowest User Level, as it is a batch
file that can be executed while an event is in progress...

not on linux (or even modern winwhatever)... it is entirely possible that the user that IREX is running as doesn't even have access to the directory... but that means that IREX wouldn't run, either... so we look closer and it is possible that the user doesn't have access to the between script because it was
written by another user and the permissions only allow that originator to even see it... then, on linux, there's also an executable bit in the permissions... one user may be able to see and edit a script but not execute it... *nix doesn't use extensions or file majik to determine if a file is executable... they use the bit and it is set for each of owner, group, and/or everyone...

)\/(ark


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mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:

I wondered if that might be at least part of the issue but
haven't found where that might be set. (Perhaps I don't have the
right 'User level' setting?)

what are the permissions on the files? what user is IREX running as?

It should work even for the lowest User Level, as it is a batch
file that can be executed while an event is in progress...

not on linux (or even modern winwhatever)... it is entirely possible
that the user that IREX is running as doesn't even have access to the directory... but that means that IREX wouldn't run, either... so we
look closer and it is possible that the user doesn't have access to
the between script because it was written by another user and the permissions only allow that originator to even see it... then, on
linux, there's also an executable bit in the permissions... one user
may be able to see and edit a script but not execute it... *nix
doesn't use extensions or file majik to determine if a file is executable... they use the bit and it is set for each of owner,
group, and/or everyone...

You'll have to address this to a Linux user, as I'm not one. I know that between.bat is called by DOS and/or Win when it is set up in the config
area of an event. There is also a config in an event you can answer yes/no
to, answering yes to "Must be Run" makes Irex run that event and
between.bat, if it's called for.


R\%/itt


... Mark Owen: "Hey, did you ever hear anything about that beer?
... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
... SUCKER."


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You'll have to address this to a Linux user, as I'm not one.

i know... i was explaining it to you so you would know and understand it for possible later support that you may give...

I know that between.bat is called by DOS and/or Win when it is set
up in the config area of an event. There is also a config in an
event you can answer yes/no to, answering yes to "Must be Run"
makes Irex run that event and between.bat, if it's called for.

and as i explained previously, it is possible on today's winwhatever machines that the user IREX is running as doesn't have access to that script... today's winwhatever has (finally) gotten closer to real security like the *nix world has had ;)

)\/(ark


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On Fri Oct-19-2012 20:47, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Roy Witt:

You'll have to address this to a Linux user, as I'm not one.

i know... i was explaining it to you so you would know and
understand it for possible later support that you may give...

I know that between.bat is called by DOS and/or Win when it is set
up in the config area of an event. There is also a config in an
event you can answer yes/no to, answering yes to "Must be Run"
makes Irex run that event and between.bat, if it's called for.

and as i explained previously, it is possible on today's
winwhatever machines that the user IREX is running as doesn't have
access to that script... today's winwhatever has (finally) gotten
closer to real security like the *nix world has had ;)

Nonsense! I saw Carrie-Anne Moss break the *nix security code in a movie.


Regards,

Roger (-:
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and as i explained previously, it is possible on today's
winwhatever machines that the user IREX is running as doesn't have
access to that script... today's winwhatever has (finally) gotten
closer to real security like the *nix world has had ;)

Nonsense! I saw Carrie-Anne Moss break the *nix security code in a
movie.

that was that old xyzzy code... that's been broken for decades ;)

)\/(ark


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On Sat Oct-20-2012 14:03, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Roger Nelson:

and as i explained previously, it is possible on today's
winwhatever machines that the user IREX is running as doesn't have
access to that script... today's winwhatever has (finally) gotten
closer to real security like the *nix world has had ;)

Nonsense! I saw Carrie-Anne Moss break the *nix security code in a
movie.

that was that old xyzzy code... that's been broken for decades ;)

LOL!


Regards,

Roger
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mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:

You'll have to address this to a Linux user, as I'm not one.

i know... i was explaining it to you so you would know and understand
it for possible later support that you may give...

That's fine, but I would also need an eyeball on the config window to be
able to relate to it.

I know that between.bat is called by DOS and/or Win when it is set
up in the config area of an event. There is also a config in an
event you can answer yes/no to, answering yes to "Must be Run"
makes Irex run that event and between.bat, if it's called for.

and as i explained previously, it is possible on today's winwhatever machines that the user IREX is running as doesn't have access to that script...

In W2k, there was a directory labeled MSDOS7 and it contained the
executable command.com/exe ... which doesn't exist in XP...However, there
is still a DOS file called command.com in the system32 directory under
Windows in XP. In fact, rather than do a DIR /g/whatever, all you need to
do is run tree.com and you can see the entire C: drive structure...who
knows, if you play with tree.com /x you might even be able to see a page
at a time.

today's winwhatever has (finally) gotten closer to real security like
the *nix world has had ;)

I'd have to look at the System32 directory on my Vista laptop, but I
already know that it will execute batch files. Not to mention that one can still open a DOS window and it will run Irex just as it did in W2k.

Windows 7 & 8 might be without that command file, but I doubt it.

R\%/itt


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... SUCKER."


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As in "./between"?

it was a pure WAG... i didn't realize that you were speaking of the between script... i think that one is hardcoded but...

But where is that configured?

Since you asked, it is located in the same directory as the rest of Internet Rex.

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Experience with Irex tells me that you need to point rex at that file,
including drive and path before it will execute it. Dunno how Linux
would do that, but I'm sure you get what I mean...

Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run - yes)
B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external event,
yes)

I don't currently have an event like that configured. Is that required in order to have the 'between' script run?

No. "between" is run after mail is received and before any is sent when a manual poll is run from the command line. Be sure you "chmod a+x" your between
script (located in your IREX directory) so that Internet Rex can execute it.

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Robert Wolfe wrote to Rj Clay:

Experience with Irex tells me that you need to point rex at that
file, including drive and path before it will execute it. Dunno how
Linux would do that, but I'm sure you get what I mean...

Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run - yes)
B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external event,
yes)

I don't currently have an event like that configured. Is that required
in order to have the 'between' script run?

No. "between" is run after mail is received and before any is sent
when a manual poll is run from the command line. Be sure you "chmod
a+x" your between script (located in your IREX directory) so that
Internet Rex can execute it.

I dunno where B came from, because there is no such event in my IREX...in
fact, there is no such batch file as inbetween.bat on this system...


R\%/itt


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Tag Days Start Next Command
A All 00:00 00:45 -fsq 1:387/6 (must be run - yes)
B All 00:00 00:45 e:\Irex\inbetween.bat (external event,
yes)

I don't currently have an event like that configured. Is that required
in order to have the 'between' script run?

No. "between" is run after mail is received and before any is sent
when a manual poll is run from the command line. Be sure you "chmod
a+x" your between script (located in your IREX directory) so that
Internet Rex can execute it.

I dunno where B came from, because there is no such event in my IREX...in fact, there is no such batch file as inbetween.bat on this system...

The back up your .REX files and delete the B entry. Strange that it should appear there out of nowhere like that. But, I have seen stranger things happen - like IREX not sending out mail to uplinks that have it (but BBBS sends the same mail out just fine).

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As in "./between"?

it was a pure WAG... i didn't realize that you were speaking of
the between script... i think that one is hardcoded but...

But where is that configured?

Since you asked, it is located in the same directory as the rest of Internet Rex.

i didn't ask... that was someone else ;)

)\/(ark

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As in "./between"?

it was a pure WAG... i didn't realize that you were speaking of
the between script... i think that one is hardcoded but...

But where is that configured?

Since you asked, it is located in the same directory as the rest of
Internet Rex.

i didn't ask... that was someone else ;)
)\/(ark

In any case, I answered :D

LOL!

Peace!

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