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echo: binkd
to: Marc Lewis
from: Oli
date: 2021-01-18 10:51:00
subject: Semaphore

Marc wrote (2021-01-17):

 ML> Hello All.

 ML> Is it possible to code in (in a future release) a mechanism to make binkd
 ML> exit (shut down) by seeing a semaphore in a given directory? Internet Rex
 ML> had this, when it saw "REXEXIT.NOW" in the semaphore directory.

Since binkd already scans the file system for changes, is cross-platform and has ftrans to map file path (e.g. for a mounted remote fs), it makes sense to use a semaphore for this.

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