Just getting fido setup for the first time in years. I can send netmail and receave receive incoming packets. But when running FIDOIN or OUT i get a returned 255 error. What is 255 and a good place to start my troubleshooting?

log snip:
1/15 09:32:20a BBS Events Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: FIDOIN
1/15 09:32:20a FIDOIN Running timed event: FIDOIN
1/15 09:32:20a FIDOIN Timed event: FIDOIN returned 255

Also has sbbsecho.cfg been replaced with sbbsecho.ini?

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Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: xbit to All on Sun Jan 15 2023 09:42 am

Just getting fido setup for the first time in years. I can send netmail and receave receive incoming packets. But when running FIDOIN or OUT i get a returned 255 error. What is 255 and a good place to start my troubleshooting?

I was having a pkzip issue w/ dovenet and it also returned a 255. fixed now (thanks DM) but could this also be an archive type pk issue?

my settings --> echocfg > archive types > zip >

�[�][?]����������������������������������������ͻ
� Archive Type - ZIP � �����������������������������������������������͹
� �Archive Type ZIP �
� �Signature 504B �
� �Signature Offset 0 �
� �Pack Command Line pkzip %f %s �
� �Unpack Command Line PkUnzip %f %s � �����������������������������������������������ͼ

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Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: xbit to All on Sun Jan 15 2023 09:42 am

Just getting fido setup for the first time in years. I can send netmail and receave receive incoming packets. But when running FIDOIN or OUT i get a returned 255 error. What is 255 and a good place to start my troubleshooting?

data/sbbsecho.log

log snip:
1/15 09:32:20a BBS Events Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: FIDOIN
1/15 09:32:20a FIDOIN Running timed event: FIDOIN
1/15 09:32:20a FIDOIN Timed event: FIDOIN returned 255

Also has sbbsecho.cfg been replaced with sbbsecho.ini?

Yes. http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho#version_3
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Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: xbit to All on Sun Jan 15 2023 10:52 am

Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: xbit to All on Sun Jan 15 2023 09:42 am

Just getting fido setup for the first time in years. I can send netmail and receave receive incoming packets. But when running FIDOIN or OUT i get a returned 255 error. What is 255 and a good place to start my troubleshooting?

I was having a pkzip issue w/ dovenet and it also returned a 255. fixed now (thanks DM) but could this also be an archive type pk issue?

my settings --> echocfg > archive types > zip >

�[�][?]����������������������������������������ͻ
� Archive Type - ZIP � �����������������������������������������������͹
� �Archive Type ZIP �
� �Signature 504B �
� �Signature Offset 0 �
� �Pack Command Line pkzip %f %s �
� �Unpack Command Line PkUnzip %f %s � �����������������������������������������������ͼ

Unlikely to be the same problem, but your data/sbbsecho.log file should provide the clues you're looking for.
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Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: Digital Man to xbit on Sun Jan 15 2023 12:18 pm

Just getting fido setup for the first time in years. I can send
netmail and receave receive incoming packets. But when running
FIDOIN or OUT i get a returned 255 error. What is 255 and a good

Unlikely to be the same problem, but your data/sbbsecho.log file should provide the clues you're looking for.

Ended up being my fidoin/out in scfg > external programs > timed events
were not set to native executable/script. When changed to YES it starting working. Thanks DM.

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I was having a pkzip issue w/ dovenet and it also returned a 255. fixed now

t

nks DM) but could this also be an archive type pk issue?

my settings --> echocfg > archive types > zip >

�[�][?]����������������������������������������ͻ
� Archive Type - ZIP � �����������������������������������������������͹
� �Archive Type ZIP �
� �Signature 504B �
� �Signature Offset 0 �
� �Pack Command Line pkzip %f %s �
� �Unpack Command Line PkUnzip %f %s � �����������������������������������������������ͼ

If your OS is case-sensitive, I would check the case of the pkunzip
executable and make sure it is in camel-case as it is in the example above. Otherwise, I would change my config to match the case of the executable and
see what happens.


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Re: fidoin/out returned 255
By: Mike Powell to XBIT on Mon Jan 16 2023 09:09 am

I was having a pkzip issue w/ dovenet and it also returned a 255. fixed now

t

nks DM) but could this also be an archive type pk issue?

my settings --> echocfg > archive types > zip >

�[�][?]����������������������������������������ͻ
� Archive Type - ZIP � �����������������������������������������������͹
� �Archive Type ZIP �
� �Signature 504B �
� �Signature Offset 0 �
� �Pack Command Line pkzip %f %s �
� �Unpack Command Line PkUnzip %f %s � �����������������������������������������������ͼ

If your OS is case-sensitive, I would check the case of the pkunzip executable and make sure it is in camel-case as it is in the example above. Otherwise, I would change my config to match the case of the executable and see what happens.

The OS is Windows, so no, the case of "pkzip" or "pkunzip" doesn't matter.
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