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echo: binkd
to: Nick Andre
from: Tony Langdon
date: 2021-01-20 11:30:00
subject: Re: Semaphore

-=> On 01-17-21 12:50, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen <=-

 NA> I asked for the same thing over the years. I'm wondering why the
 NA> arrogance insist that we kill things by Pid instead of telling the
 NA> program to exit gracefully. The program checks for modifcations to the
 NA> config file; it could easily just check for a dummy file and close up
 NA> shop.

"kill" by default sends a SIGTERM to the process, which tells it to shut down
gracefully.  At least on a *NIX OS.


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