Another quick followup to this... Again there is no prefix for the file library, and I did use an exact filename, with no change.
I also tried using the OS-level directory path instead of the Internal Code, and that didn't work.
Below is a log snip of what I see in sbbs.log when the FREQ comes in. The entries before and after this snip are just the session start/stop messages, no other useful information is seen. I also snipped the timestamp at the beginning of each line for readability:
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req
It is interesting that there are *TWO* .req messages sent with each try, not sure why that is. I did try another experiment though - I FREQ'd a file from a non-SBBS system, and it also sent two .req's to that system, but I got back the file I requested, and two netmail replies with the file information.
What I notice about the log info above is that there is no "recognition" by BinkIT that there is a request being made. No error message like "file not found" or anything else. Just what you see above. It's like the FREQ function is not enabled in BinkIT or something.
Hopefully this gives some clues about what might be happening. Also, just for completeness, on the requesting system I have tried sending to "freq@<address>" and to "sysop@<address>" with no difference (probably doesn't matter who it's addressed to). Also have used "FR: ALLFILES" and "FR:ALLFILES" on the subject line, with no difference.
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Sun Mar 09 2025 09:20 am
Another quick followup to this... Again there is no prefix for the file library, and I did use an exact filename, with no change.
I also tried using the OS-level directory path instead of the Internal Code, and that didn't work.
Below is a log snip of what I see in sbbs.log when the FREQ comes in.
The entries before and after this snip are just the session start/stop messages, no other useful information is seen. I also snipped the timestamp at the beginning of each line for readability:
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req
It is interesting that there are *TWO* .req messages sent with each try, not sure why that is. I did try another experiment though - I FREQ'd a file from a non-SBBS system, and it also sent two .req's to that system, but I got back the file I requested, and two netmail replies with the file information.
What I notice about the log info above is that there is no "recognition" by BinkIT that there is a request being made. No error message like "file not found" or anything else. Just what you see above. It's like the FREQ function is not enabled in BinkIT or something.
Hopefully this gives some clues about what might be happening. Also, just for completeness, on the requesting system I have tried sending to "freq@<address>" and to "sysop@<address>" with no difference (probably doesn't matter who it's addressed to). Also have used "FR: ALLFILES" and "FR:ALLFILES" on the subject line, with no difference.
Digital Man, any more thoughts on this?
It seems like BinkIT is not
recognizing that there is an inbound ".req" netmail, and doesn't trigger the FreqIT function.
I looked at freqit.js and see that it "loads" fidocfg.js and freqit_common.js. That second one requires filebase.js, and in that last one I see a comment reference regarding an "unnecessary shim for the new Filebase class". Just a wild guess, but did the new 3.20 filebase break something?
Below is a log snip of what I see in sbbs.log when the FREQ comes in. The entries before and after this snip are just the session start/stop messages, no other useful information is seen. I also snipped the timestamp at the beginning of each line for readability:
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req
Digital Man, any more thoughts on this?
Nope. I start added some log() statements to binkit.js to find out what's happening.
It seems like BinkIT is not
recognizing that there is an inbound ".req" netmail, and doesn't trigger the FreqIT function.
I looked at freqit.js and see that it "loads" fidocfg.js and freqit_common.js. That second one requires filebase.js, and in that last one I see a comment reference regarding an "unnecessary shim for the new Filebase class". Just a wild guess, but did the new 3.20 filebase break something?
Doubt it.
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
By: Digital Man to Gamgee on Mon Mar 10 2025 08:42 pm
Below is a log snip of what I see in sbbs.log when the FREQ comes in. The entries before and after this snip are just the session start/stop messages, no other useful information is seen. I also snipped the timestamp at the beginning of each line for readability:
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB) srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/00870073.req
srvc 0013 BINKP Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB) srvc 0013 BINKP Received file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req (0.0KB)
srvc 0013 BINKP Deleted file: /sbbs/temp/nfx4kkji.req
Digital Man, any more thoughts on this?
Nope. I start added some log() statements to binkit.js to find out what's happening.
Do you mean you are going to add some log statements, or that I should do that? Because... I don't know how to do that.
It seems like BinkIT is not
recognizing that there is an inbound ".req" netmail, and doesn't trigger the FreqIT function.
I looked at freqit.js and see that it "loads" fidocfg.js and freqit_common.js. That second one requires filebase.js, and in that last one I see a comment reference regarding an "unnecessary shim for the new Filebase class". Just a wild guess, but did the new 3.20 filebase break something?
Doubt it.
Well, then a followup question would be: Has FreqIT ever worked in the past?
I'm just now trying to get it working and don't know if it ever did
before.
Should I put in a Gitlab issue? How can I fix this? Thank you.
Well, then a followup question would be: Has FreqIT ever worked in
the past? I'm just now trying to get it working and don't know if it
ever did before.
Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
Do you mean you are going to add some log statements, or that I should do that? Because... I don't know how to do that.
You would edit the file binkit.js and add lines around the .req file handling, for example:
if (fname.search(/\.req$/i) !== -1) {
log("REQ file received, calling handle_freq");
handle_freq(fname, bp);
remove_file(fname);
}
Then when BinkIt receives a .req file, I'd expect to see that string in your logs.
Should I put in a Gitlab issue? How can I fix this? Thank you.
If you want to reach the author (Deuce) that's probably the best way,
yes.
Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Gamgee <=-
Well, then a followup question would be: Has FreqIT ever worked in
the past? I'm just now trying to get it working and don't know if it
ever did before.
I've succesfully tested it against: 4:902/26
He was running: BinkIT/2.41,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.20a/Linux at the time.
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