Last updated 16 Apr 2024

MBSE BBS: mbstat (MBSE BBS Status Changer) Utility

In order to run mbstat, mbsed must be running and the global variable $MBSE_ROOT must be set and must point to the BBS home directory (/opt/mbse). The main configuration file config.data must be present in the ~/etc directory.

Usage

mbstat [commands] <options>

Description

mbstat changes the BBS' status between open (accepting callers) and closed (not accepting callers). mbstat can wait for all users to logoff and wait for critical utilities to stop before closing the BBS.

Commands

mbstat semaphore scanout will set the internal semaphore scanout in the mbtask daemon. The following semaphores are valid: scanout, mailout, mailin, mbindex, reqindex, msglink.

mbstat close will close the BBS for users:

Users that are just logging in to the BBS will be disconnected after a short message.

Users who are already logged in will be disconnected when they reach a menu a menu prompt.

Users who are doing file transfers can finish their transfers before being disconnected.

mbstat open opens the BBS for users. Normally, this should be run from one of the system startup scripts right after you started mbsed. If you need to manually close the BBS, make sure to run this command when you are finished working on the BBS.

mbstat wait will wait for the BBS to become free. This includes a check for utilities that perform critical actions so they can finish their job without corrupting the BBS' databases. The default is to wait 60 minutes. If the semaphore upsdown exists, it will wait only 30 seconds. You should run mbstat close wait in your system shutdown script so that the system shutdown will wait for a clean shutdown of the BBS before the rest of your system goes down. If you installed MBSE normally, these commands are already installed in your system shutdown scripts.

Options

mbstat [command] -quiet will supress screen output. This is good for using mbstat in scripts.

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