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   On 19 Jan 21  09:56:27, Dan Cross said the following to Dallas Hinton:   
      
   DC> More generally, the issue in this discussion is that the   
   DC> request for a feature has been wrapped up in details about   
   DC> the implementation of that feature.  From my observation,   
   DC> that's the central source of friction.   
      
   I cannot believe I actually agree with Oli about something but he is 100%    
   correct that its likely because the request is DOS-ish and not Posix-ish.   
      
   The use of signals I can and have clearly demonstrated that it works    
   differently on Windows. I believe Rob when he tells me the logic is there, he   
   may be correct but BinkD on Windows drops all active connections when   
   signalled. If someone can demonstrate a way to fulfill the request, wonderful.   
      
   I don't buy that argument of introducing another level of complexity because   
   the BinkD code is already doing a fair amount of checking for files such as    
   the config, FLO, HLD etc. Checking for a dummy file cannot be much of a    
   stretch to put in there. Its a silly program that sends silly Fido packets;    
   its not some mission-critical airline reservation system.   
      
   Anyhow its not the end of the world if it can't be done but the reactions to    
   this simple request from Sysops over the years are almost always negative from   
   a certain OS crowd.   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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