BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Scheduled events?
De:       Jay Harris
Data:     Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:48:02 -0400
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On 12 Apr 2026, Mike Powell said the following...

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

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

 MP> --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux

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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