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|    Oli to Marc Lewis    |
|    Semaphore    |
|    18 Jan 21 10:51:50    |
      MSGID: 2:280/464.47 60055a36       REPLY: 1:396/45.0 00455901       PID: JamNNTPd/Linux 1       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0100       TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7       Marc wrote (2021-01-17):               ML> Hello All.               ML> Is it possible to code in (in a future release) a mechanism to make binkd        ML> exit (shut down) by seeing a semaphore in a given directory? Internet Rex        ML> had this, when it saw "REXEXIT.NOW" in the semaphore directory.              Since binkd already scans the file system for changes, is cross-platform and       has ftrans to map file path (e.g. for a mounted remote fs), it makes sense to       use a semaphore for this.              ---        * Origin: this message must NOT be gated to Telegram (2:280/464.47)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 220/50 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/100 101 200       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 550 664 1016 1017 240/5832 249/109 110 206 307       SEEN-BY: 249/317 280/464 5003 5555 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1       SEEN-BY: 2452/250       PATH: 280/464 229/101 426           |
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