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|    Nick Andre to Rob Swindell    |
|    Re: Semaphore    |
|    17 Jan 21 18:27:00    |
      MSGID: 1:229/426 0BBF266F       REPLY: 7782.binkd@1:103/705 246a0287       TZUTC: -0500       On 17 Jan 21 13:37:37, Rob Swindell said the following to Nick Andre:              RS> Okay, so you're wanting a change in the behavior of the termination signal       RS> handling. That seems different than expecting the use of a file to signal t       RS> termination.              Nope.              What was asked was an additional check for a simple dummy file when BinkD        ***is idle*** and terminates if that file exists.              I prefer to have all connections finish before BinkD shuts down.... letting        the door close gently via a dummy file rather than slamming it shut with Pid.              Just like every Fidonet mailer does so.              Nick              --- Renegade vY2Ka2        * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 57/0 90/1 105/81 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/250 220/50 70 226/17 30 227/114 229/101 200 424 426 550       SEEN-BY: 229/664 1016 1017 240/5832 249/109 110 206 307 317 250/5       SEEN-BY: 250/8 267/800 280/464 292/854 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 340/1000 342/200 633/280 770/0 1 100 340 772/0 1 210 220       SEEN-BY: 772/230       PATH: 229/426 292/854 280/464 770/1 317/3 229/101 426           |
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