Subj : Semaphore
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Jan 17 2021 08:05 pm


17 Jan 21 16:54, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Marc Lewis:

 WV> On 2021-01-17 09:20:03, you wrote to All:

 ML>> Is it possible to code in (in a future release) a mechanism to make
 ML>> binkd exit (shut down) by seeing a semaphore in a given directory?
 ML>> Internet Rex had this, when it saw "REXEXIT.NOW" in the semaphore
 ML>> directory.

 WV> I'm wondering why you would need that?

To stop mail transfer? :)

 WV> And doesn't OS2 have a way to kill running software?

Yes, it has.

'Tommi

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