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   Tommi Koivula to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Semaphore   
   17 Jan 21 20:05:38   
   
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   MSGID: 2:221/1 60047cce   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: hpt/os2-emx 1.9.0-cur 2020-11-09   
   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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