Problem loading Eggdrop

[alex]

I'm having trouble installing eggdrop.

This is the error I get:

[19:24:53] Tcl error in file 'eggdrop.conf':
[19:24:53] invalid command name "%H:%M:%S"
while executing
"%H:%M:%S"
invoked from within
"set timestamp-format "[%H:%M:%S]""
(file "eggdrop.conf" line 144)
[19:24:53] * CONFIG FILE NOT LOADED (NOT FOUND, OR ERROR)

Aaaannnd the line it's referring to:

set timestamp-format "[%H:%M:%S]"

That was a default setting, so I'm a tad confused as to why it didn't like it.

Any ideas? 64-bit Windows 7 if that matters.

[nml375]

[] are used for command substitutions in strings. Try either of these:

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set timestamp-format {[%H:%M:%S]}

or

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set timestamp-format "\[%H:%M:%S\]"

[pseudo]

You are using an outdated CVS build from January as this is the latest Windrop available. You should have read the big fat warning that CVS versions are in development.

This was fixed in upstream Eggdrop in a day or two after the original logts patch, but nobody bothers to update Windrop anymore. And of course, by downloading a CVS version you should expect this kind of problems.

[alex]

@nml375: The second one worked, thank you. (Didn't try the first one.)
@pseudo: Just because I didn't expect this kind of problem is no reason to not seek help. Thank you for the extreme constructiveness of your post.

[pseudo]

@pseudo: Just because I didn't expect this kind of problem is no reason to not seek help. Thank you for the extreme constructiveness of your post.

That was a default setting, so I'm a tad confused as to why it didn't like it.
Any ideas? 64-bit Windows 7 if that matters.

Reading your post, many people won't even figure out it's not stock eggdrop what you're using. Only the fact that you mentioned your OS points that it's actually Windrop. No hints about version either.

This given, my post is constructive in two points:
1) it clarifies to the public what exactly we've been talking about
2) it explains to you, in case you don't already know, that cvs versions are in development and may have a lot of problems. Even if it wasn't 6 months old, it would have made sense to use it only if you wanted to test out or help with the development.

Until Windrop 1.6.20 comes out, I'd recommend you to compile it yourself under cygwin or downgrade to 1.6.19 unless you need a feature, specific to .20.