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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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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On 12 Apr 2026, Mike Powell said the following...

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?

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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:

systemctl stop binkd.service

Then run maintenance (take backups, delete temp files, etc) and restart binkd afterwards with:

systemctl start binkd.service


The contents of my /etc/systemd/system/binkd.service file:

--[ Start of binkd.service ]--
[Unit]
Description=binkd
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/etc/
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/binkd -q -C /usr/local/etc/binkd.conf Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
--[ End of binkd.service ]--

Update with your paths, user & group names.

Have it automatically run on boot with:

systemctl enable binkd.service


Jay

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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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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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On 13 Apr 26 08:08:42, Mike Powell said the following to Nil A:

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>

I'm doing the exact same thing here... roll logs... except I do this every night at midnight. There is not a way I'm aware of to do this on BinkD idle.

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

Nick

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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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