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     Re: Re: Semaphore   
     By: Nick Andre to Dan Cross on Mon Jan 18 2021 04:33 pm   
      
    > 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.   
      
   Try this:   
   ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/binkd.exe   
      
   You can see the (2 line) code change here:   
   https://github.com/rswindell/binkd/commit/68baf454683688b52890ab3ce9e9f403   
      
   If it works as you wish, I'll submit a PR to pgul's repo.   
      
    > 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.   
      
   BinkD is a unixy program and semaphore files are just not the Unixy-way (for a   
   lot of good reasons). The *nix build of BinkD already behaves in the way you   
   requested, so perhaps that added to the confusion. Or maybe the primary   
   contributors aren't actively following this echo.   
      
    > 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.   
      
   Huh.   
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