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   Oli to Marc Lewis   
   Semaphore   
   18 Jan 21 10:51:50   
   
   MSGID: 2:280/464.47 60055a36   
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   PID: JamNNTPd/Linux 1   
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   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.   
      
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