DH> I am looking for someone thay will develop an idea I have. I
 DH> expect nothing in return other than a copy of the released product.
 DH> Basically it will be an internet PPP dialer that will sit idle on the
 DH> desktop until a semaphor file is detected and extecutes the dialer.

 PC> How about this?

 PC> /* pppdialer.cmd */

 PC> call directory value('TMP',,'OS2ENVIRONMENT')

 PC> fname = 'startppp.sem'

 PC> do forever
 PC>     i = stream(fname, 'c', 'query exists')
 PC>     if i \== '' then do
 PC>         call sysfiledelete fname
 PC>         /* add something here to check if ppp is already running,
 PC>            such as GO! v1.5, else */
 PC>         'detach ppp ... >ppp.log 2>&1'
 PC>     end
 PC>     call SysSleep 55
 PC> end

Almost perfect.  Switch from using semaphore files to real semaphores, and
you'd have an excellent solution that would _instantly_ (well, as instant
as a non-real-time system can get ) start the PPP.

Also, don't detach... just wait on it.  :-)

[ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/dev32/rexx/rxsem02b.zip has my _real_ semaphore
support for REXX - using Mutex semaphores that are really supported by the
schedular of the OS!   i.e., maps some API calls...]

Ok, not so perfect, but a great start.  :-)  I didn't even think about rexx... :-)


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