Subj : Synchronet Custom Shells
To   : Taalmahret
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 20 2024 11:53:02

  Re: Synchronet Custom Shells
  By: Taalmahret to Digital Man on Fri Sep 20 2024 07:34 am

 >
 > I appologize again as i finally realized this is the correct space for
 > Synchronet Support.  When i try to run a basic custom shell, I get this
 > error:
 >
 > 9/19 02:09:20p  Node 1 <Taalmahret> !ERROR 2 (No such file or directory)
 > (WinError 2) in main.cpp line 4346 (node_thread) opening
 > "D:\Tools\sbbs\exec\loquinth.bin" access=0
 >
 > It is looking for a bin file.  In this scenario I wrote the code in
 > javascript and then saved the file named loquinth.js in the exec directory.
 > The filename matches the internal code.
 >
 > I verified that all shells installed with the latest version of synchronet
 > have a .bin file in the exec directory that when i remove them the BBS fails
 > to find a suitable .bin file.  Even when the shell as a matching .js file
 > this error occurs.
 >
 > Are we supposed to compile the .js somehow or is there a step that I am
 > missing in order to get the BBS to execute these .js files as a custom
 > shell?

It sounds like you're not running SBBS v3.20 (still in development). JavaScript command shell support is a feature of v3.20. In v3.19 and earlier, you'd need a small "stub" (.bin) file to invoke the JavaScript shell (see Deuce's lbshell as an example). You don't need the stub in any more in v3.20.
https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev
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