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|    Alan Ianson to Flavio Bessa    |
|    Re: Remote system is BUSY    |
|    10 Jan 21 11:40:34    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 337.fido-binkd@1:153/757.2 24608f83       REPLY: 4:80/1 6c90780d       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/3ead8a4d2 Jan 9 2021 GCC 10.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/3ead8a4d2 Jan 9 2021 GCC 10.2.0       BBSID: TRMB       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.73 (2020-03-31) (ICE style)        Re: Re: Remote system is BUSY        By: Flavio Bessa to Alan Ianson on Sun Jan 10 2021 03:49 pm               FB> Actually the remote system is responding BUSY to me since yesterday.               That sounds like some stale .bsy files created by a tosser or binkd, I can't       say.              My binkd includes "kill-old-bsy 12h", so old .bsy files should be removed       after 12 hours if they get left behind for some reason.               FB> In Mystic, usually it's due to a .BSY file that's left at semaphore        FB> directory after a crash.               Yes, I have seen that.               FB> Does binkd has a similar directory?              Yes, these .bsy files are created in the outbound by binkd or a tosser, the       same as Mystic although binkd does not have a semaphore directory. I have       never known binkd to leave stray .bsy files behind. I think that could happen       in the case of an abnormal shutdown by a tosser or binkd, but I have never       seen it.               Ttyl :-),        Al              ... Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?       --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 102/127 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/105 135 757 802 6809 154/10 203/0 221/0 1 6 242       SEEN-BY: 221/360 226/30 227/114 229/101 200 424 426 550 664 1016 1017       SEEN-BY: 230/0 240/2100 5138 5411 5832 5853 6309 249/109 206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 261/38 267/67 280/464 5003 5555 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/17 200 396/45 423/81 120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 4500/1 5020/1042       PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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