On 2018 Jun 19 21:06:48, you wrote to me:

 MD>>> It should not be done in binkd, it is a job for a shell script.

 ml>> that's what he's trying to do but the cron-executed shell script
 ml>> cannot shut down binkd...

 MD> Why? Isn't it possible to kill a process in OS/2?

it is possible but not all methods are clean... besides, it is much easier to
do something like this in a bat or cmd file...


  rem create the binkdrunning semaphore
  rem>binkdrunning.sem
  binkd -C binkd.conf
  del binkdrunning.sem


and then in another script...


  rem create the disk-based binkd semaphore
  rem>killbinkd.sem
  :loop
  iff exist binkdrunning.sem then
    sleep 5
    goto /i loop
  endiff
  del killbinkd.sem
  rem now do our log maint
  dobnklog process %YEAR% %MONTHNUM%


the above would also work in winwhatever as well as a multitasking DOS
environment... no special tools needed or wanted... just plain bat scripting...

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