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    From mlong@VERT/INREALM to echicken on Tue Nov 3 03:51:00 2020
    echicken, in the sysop irc pager (chat_pager) it says if you run the irc bot as a service, it will work properly (and does not work from jsexec). How do I run it as a service?

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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to mlong on Tue Nov 3 07:16:25 2020
    Re: Sysop irc pager
    By: mlong to echicken on Mon Nov 02 2020 19:51:00

    echicken, in the sysop irc pager (chat_pager) it says if you run the irc bot as a service, it will work properly (and does not work from jsexec).

    I suspect I used a Queue to pass messages between bot & client on BBS, making this necessary. I should change that to just use a file or the JSON service or something.

    How do I run it as a service?

    You can add ircbot.js as an entry in ctrl/services.ini. Mine is like this:

    [IRCBOT]
    Port=10091
    Options=STATIC|LOOP
    Command=ircbot.js

    IIRC you must specify a port number, and that port must be available, even though the bot doesn't actually listen for connections. This is a bit hacky but keeps the bot running under your services thread.

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