Subj : feature request - kill binkd by flagfile
To   : Torsten Bamberg
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Thu Jun 21 2018 07:58 am


20 Jun 18 22:07, you wrote to me:

 TB> 20.06.2018 20:24, Tommi Koivula schrieb an Torsten Bamberg:

 TK>> Not the answer to your request, but in my OS/2 system it is
 TK>> possible to rename binkd.log when binkd is running. Would be a
 TK>> nice feature, I agree. But I can live without it. ;)

 TB> Now you can, yes. But if you change your hardware-platform to a very
 TB> modern multicore one, you will run into the same problems. All the
 TB> tools you are using for shutting down tasks won't work anymore. If you
 TB> use ECS2/ArcaOS and the ibm-smp-kernel.

Thanks for the explanation, I'll have to remember that if I ever update the 
hardware. Currently running the last UNI kernel from IBM. (IIRC)

 TB> Because of this, I asked for a possible binkd exit-mechanism, like it
 TB> is implemented in binkleyXE, a pots mailer. To have a proper
 TB> exit-mechanism makes it much easier, than have 10/20 tries of a
 TB> killing-software like pkill.exe, go.exe or kill.exe.

Yes.

'Tommi

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