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   ATREYU to Rob Swindell   
   Re: Semaphore   
      
   
   MSGID: 1:229/426 8879B134   
   REPLY: 7803.binkd@1:103/705 246b4481   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   On 18 Jan 21  12:31:02, Rob Swindell said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   RS> Looking at the source code, it appears that BinkD already behaves exactly a   
   RS> you are requesting it to behave: When it receives SIGBREAK, SIGINT, or   
   RS> SIGTERM, it sets the 'binkd_exit' global flag and then terminates when idle   
   RS> that flag is set.   
      
   Nope, it does not appear to function this way on Windows. Set up a test   
   transaction of a large file just over 300 meg. Close with Taskkill. Active    
   session closes and notes a failure in the log... not terminating on "idle".   
      
   20210118 15:53:15 [5884] Remote has 0b of mail and 335278080b of files for us   
   20210118 15:53:15 [5884] pwd protected session (MD5)   
   20210118 15:53:15 [5884] session in CRYPT mode   
   20210118 15:53:15 [5884] receiving X1-240~1.SNA (335278080 byte(s), off 0)   
   20210118 15:53:19 [5552] Interrupted by Close   
   20210118 15:53:19 [4692] downing servmgr...   
   20210118 15:53:19 [5884] done (from 1:229/427@fidonet, failed, S/R: 0/0 (0/0    
   bytes))   
   20210118 15:53:19 [5884] receiving of X1-240~1.SNA interrupted at 13475840   
   20210118 15:53:19 [5884] session closed, quitting...   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)   

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