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|    Ray Quinn to Rick Smith    |
|    Re: incoming mail    |
|    06 Aug 22 18:07:36    |
      REPLY: 1:105/81@fidonet 62eec9a8       MSGID: 1:214/23@fidonet 62ef12a0       CHRS: CP850 2       TZUTC: -0700       TID: hpt/w32-mvcdll 1.9 2022-01-23               Hello Rick!              06 Aug 22 13:04, you wrote to Alan Ianson:                      RS> # Create a flag file after receiving a file        RS> #        RS> flag C:\\ftn\\flags\\netmail.out *.pkt *.PKT        RS> flag C:\\ftn\\flags\\fidoin.now *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr?        RS> *.sa? *.pkt *.SU? *.MO? *.TU? *.WE? *.TH? *.FR? *.SAT? #flag        RS> C:\\ftn\\flags\\toss.flg flag C:\\ftn\\flags\\filebone.in *.tic *.TIC              Which program is looking for the flags? (AKA semaphore files) Not knowing your       knowlege, I won't assume anything. So forgive me if you already know this:              Flag files are created so another program knows to go to work. The "flag"       option causes binkd simply to create the file, usually a zero byte file.                      RS> exec "c:\\ftn\\toss.cmd" c:\\ftn\\inb\\*.[mwtfs][oehrau][0-9a-zA-Z]              This line should run the toss.cmd file with the commands you have listed below.               RS> here is my "toss.cmd"               RS> @echo off        RS> cd \ftn\inb        RS> set unixroot=x:        RS> hpt toss scan pack                     73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn       Visalia, CA DM06II       Ham Shack Hotline 4655                     --- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Ray's Road Node | Somewhere in California. (1:214/23)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 114/709       SEEN-BY: 120/340 123/131 129/305 331 153/7715 214/0 1 22 23 218/0       SEEN-BY: 218/1 109 650 700 720 820 840 860 870 880 227/114 229/111       SEEN-BY: 229/112 113 200 206 317 424 426 428 470 550 664 700 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848       PATH: 214/23 22 218/700 229/426           |
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