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|    Rob Swindell to Dan Cross    |
|    Re: Semaphore    |
|    17 Jan 21 20:09:06    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 7786.binkd@1:103/705 246a5e4c       REPLY: 3:770/100 ada75e28       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 master/292c4accc Dec 24 2020 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/4dbe1a1bc Jan 17 2021 GCC 8.3.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: Re: Semaphore        By: Dan Cross to Rob Swindell on Mon Jan 18 2021 03:48 pm               > On 17 Jan 2021 at 01:37p, Rob Swindell pondered and said...        >        > RS> There are many standard signals and BinkD is treating 3 of them the        > RS> same (SIGBREAK, SIGINT, and SIGTERM). It doesn't seem like it would be        > RS> hard to change the behavior of one or all of those (or add support for        > RS> another signal) to terminate in the fashion you're requesting. Without        > RS> the use        > RS> of a file.        >        > I nominate "SIGQUIT".              SIGQUIT normally triggers a core dump (the default "action" if no signal       handler is installed). Probably not the best choice for the proposed use case.               > The use of a file seems like an unnecessary DOS-ism.              Yup. That's what I was trying to say. :-)       --         digital man              This Is Spinal Tap quote #18:       Sustain, listen to it. Don't hear anything. You would though were it playing.       Norco, CA WX: 67.7øF, 20.0% humidity, 0 mph SSW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 218/700 220/50 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/100       SEEN-BY: 229/101 200 424 426 550 664 1016 1017 240/5832 249/109 110       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 280/464 5003 5555 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 103/705 280/464 229/101 426           |
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