ml> that react when a semaphore is created... you gotta waste resources
 ml> firing a script and letting it look to see if there's anything for it to
 ml> do...

   Yep. Got myself a batch file

if not exist r:\sem\fdxit2.60 goto end
call 60
del r:\sem\fdxit2.60
:end

   ... that's croned to 0-59/2

 ml> argus doesn't exit for the nodelist compilation... it uses its internal
 ml> compiler...

   I know, but it can act when it finds a semaphore file. It would be easy to
have it run an external when it finds one too. Alas, your suggested solution
seems to work, so that's fine with me.

 ml> kinda makes one miss the days of traditional mailers with their features
 ml> and advanced capabilities, eh? ;)

   Hehehe... Nah, I love the present situation too much.

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