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NAME¶
axgetmsg - download selected messages from F6FBB BBS
SYNOPSIS¶
axgetmsg -p <port> -c <mycall> -b <bbs> [-f
<listfile>] [-d <dir>] [-v] [-D] [nr1 [nr2] ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Axgetmsg connects the BBS and downloads specified messages using
compressed forward protocol. Each messages is stored to a single file in the
destination directory.
OPTIONS¶
- -p port
- Specifies the AX.25 port name used for communication with BBS.
- -c mycall
- Sets the callsign of axgetmsg.
- -b bbs
- The AX.25 path to the BBS: BBS_call [digi [digi] ...]
- -f listfile
- listfile contains the message numbers for download separated by
whitespaces. When the listfile is specified, message numbers given via the
command line are ignored.
- -d dir
- Spepcify the destination directory for storing messages.
- -v
- Verbose operation.
- -D
- Display debugging information.
MESSAGE NUMBERS¶
The messages are specified by their numbers via the command line or using the
listfile. For specifying personal messages the p letter can be added
before the message number (e.g. p30981). The difference between bulletins and
personal messages is that axgetmsg will remove the personal messages from the
BBS after downloading them.
AUTHORIZATION¶
After the successful connect to the BBS axgetmsg attempts to execute the
script /var/ax25/auth_agent and redirects its stdin and stdout to the
BBS. The BBS callsign is passed as the first command line argument. The script
should take actions needed for user's authorization to the BBS. When the
script execution fails, axgetmsg continues downloading the messages
without authorization.
FILES¶
/var/ax25/auth_agent
/etc/ax25/axports
AUTHOR¶
Radek Burget OK2JBG <radkovo@centrum.cz>