Hi all

quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.─0-9┼─0-9┼─0-9┼ perl-var magichost *

So I try to run it manually:

perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

Nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Thanks.


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Hi Joacim.

09 Oct 25 10:36, you wrote to All:

Hi all

quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.Ä0-9ÅÄ0-9ÅÄ0-9Å
perl-var magichost *

So I try to run it manually:

perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

Nothing happens.

Any ideas?

First, check that your binkd has been compiled with perl support:

tommi@kco:~$ binkd -vv
Binkd 1.1a-115 (Sep 26 2025 10:15:21/Linux)
Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2, perl, amiga_4d_outbound, af_force. Facilities: fts5004 ipv6

I have these lines in my binkd.conf:

perl-hooks /bbs/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist fidonet:/bbs/nodelist.ndl
perl-var magichost *
defnode -nr *

That should allow binkd to poll any node in the nodelist.

19:15 [11705] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-115/Linux -pP 242 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg
19:15 [11705] Nodelist /bbs/nodelist.ndl parsed, 940 IP-nodes processed (0 sec)
19:15 [11705] creating a poll for 2:221/242@fidonet (`d' flavour)
19:15 [11705] clientmgr started
19:15 [11708] Substituted * to deltacity.se. for 2:221/242@fidonet by nodelist
19:15 [11708] call to 2:221/242@fidonet
19:15 [11708] trying deltacity.se. [84.246.91.66]...
19:15 [11708] connected
19:15 [11708] outgoing session with deltacity.se:24554 [84.246.91.66]
19:15 [11708] OPT CRAM-MD5-afca689ed9b84a897aa95c5e536f57ee

'Tommi

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Joacim wrote (2025-10-09):

quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.Ä0-9ÅÄ0-9ÅÄ0-9Å perl-var
magichost *

I see Ä and Å instead of [ and ].

So I try to run it manually:

perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

Nothing happens.

It does not work from the command line, only as a binkd perlhook.

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Hi Joacim.

09 Oct 25 10:36, you wrote to All:

Hi all

quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl)
supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no
nodelist found" or something to that effect:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.?-9?0-9?0-9
perl-var magichost *

So I try to run it manually:

perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

Nothing happens.

Any ideas?

First, check that your binkd has been compiled with perl support:

tommi@kco:~$ binkd -vv
Binkd 1.1a-115 (Sep 26 2025 10:15:21/Linux)
Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2, perl, amiga_4d_outbound,
af_force.
Facilities: fts5004 ipv6

I have these lines in my binkd.conf:

perl-hooks /bbs/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist fidonet:/bbs/nodelist.ndl
perl-var magichost *
defnode -nr *

That should allow binkd to poll any node in the nodelist.

Ok, It's compiled with Perl support.

root@bbsutils:~# binkd -vv
Binkd 1.1a-111 (Feb 6 2022 12:39:49/Linux)
Compilation flags: gcc, debug, zlib, perl, https, ntlm, bwlim. Facilities: fts5004 ipv6


I entered this in binkd.conf and all the paths are correct:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/fidonet.lst
perl-var magichost *
defnode -nr *

When I restart binkd it says:


09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-111/Linux /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg -q -C
? 09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] No nodelist found!
09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] servmgr started
09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263521] clientmgr started

Any ideas?

Thanks.


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Joacim wrote (2025-10-09):

quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl)
supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no
nodelist found" or something to that effect:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.─0-9┼─0-9┼─0-9┼ perl-var
magichost *

I see ─ and ┼ instead of [ and ].

So I try to run it manually:

perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

Nothing happens.

It does not work from the command line, only as a binkd perlhook.

yeah characters got a bit weird but it's really []...

:)


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Hi Joacim.

09 Oct 25 21:16:44, you wrote to me:

perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.?-9?0-9?0-9

...

perl-var nodelist fidonet:/bbs/nodelist.ndl

... ========

I entered this in binkd.conf and all the paths are correct:

perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/fidonet.lst

But the "fidonet:" part is missing. That's what is defined as 'domain' in binkd.conf.

'Tommi

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Thanks Tommi. Have no idea why I missed that.


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