On 2017 Aug 11 13:35:54, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to you:

 PQ>> while my DOS was trying to simply _move_ half a GiB of files to a
 PQ>> filebox. Fortunately only once a day.

 WV> If you have to do that, create the files in a temporary directory on
 WV> the same drive as the filebox. And when the files are ready, do a
 WV> rename to the filebox dir. Rename is an atomic operation on most os's
 WV> afaik. So binkd won't see any "half" written files.

and because they're on the same partition, the OS can simply rename them
right into the destination directory... if they are on a different
partition, they have to be physically copied and that's where problems can
happen when the mailer sees them before the copy is complete...

 PQ>> Nevertheless, can't binkD be *stalled* for a node by utilizing *.?sy
 PQ>> flags?

 WV> The best way, of course, is to use the normal outbound directory in
 WV> the propper way for this, and not use a filebox. ;)

either way, one must still use something to signal to the mailer that
something is happening for that remote address... using a BSY file should
be all that's needed... with binkd, one might want to also create the afore
mentioned csy file, too... the file name, itself, is the same as used for
?LO and ?UT files...

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