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| subject: | Creating a zero-byte semaphore file |
Hello Sean! Thursday January 12 2006 16:29, Sean Dennis wrote to All: SD> I'm trying to create a zero-byte semaphore file from the command line SD> for Internet Rex to rescan upon a mail scan. I'm using this: SD> copy 0 >> d:\bt\flags\rescan.now In 4DOS/4OS2, use the touch command. For example: TOUCH /C D:\BT\FLAGS\RESCAN.NOW The /C switch tells TOUCH to create the file if it doesn't exist. I use this in my batch files to create polls by TOUCHing .FLO files in my outbounds. Andrew ---* Origin: Bits & Bytes BBS * V.Everything! * 860/535-4284 (1:320/119) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 320/119 261/38 123/500 106/2000 633/267 |
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