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   Tommi Koivula to Marc Lewis   
   Semaphore   
   18 Jan 21 12:13:18   
   
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   TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2020-11-09   
   Hi Marc.   
      
   17 Jan 21 14:35:46, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
      
    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.   
      
    WvV>> I'm wondering why you would need that?   
      
    WvV>> And doesn't OS2 have a way to kill running software? In linux you   
    WvV>> can 'kill' it by PID or program name, so you don't need a   
    WvV>> semaphore file for this kind of mechanism...   
      
    ML> I'll do some command digging and see; there probably IS a type of 'kill'   
   command built into OS/2 that   
    ML> I've never utilised.   
      
   There is an old but nice Go!   
      
   === Cut ===   
   GO! v1.5 - (c) 1993-95 by Carsten Wimmer    
      
   Usage: go  [argument]   
      
   Available commands:   
      
      -pl   Process List        -k    Kill a Process   
      -lpl  Process List with Paths      -ka   Kill all Instances   
      -tl   Thread List                  -cp   Check for a Process   
      -sl   Semaphore List               -j    Jump to a Process   
      -sm   Shared Memory                -at   Application Type   
      -ml   Module List                  -ut   Machine Uptime   
      -mt   Module Dependency Tree       -df   Free Space on Drives   
      
      -lh   Long, detailed Help   
      -la   GO! License Agreement   
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   'Tommi   
      
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