Hi David,

 RJT> When I saw that original post I was wondering how hard it
 RJT> would be to do something like that in REXX,  since that's a
 RJT> lot of what I plan to set up here,  once I get some things
 RJT> stabilized...

 DC> Rexx has a sleep function, but you can't interrupt it. 
 DC> I don't know if it has a timeout input function. If 
 DC> not, then I am not sure how you will implement it in 
 DC> REXX. 

My approach would be to implement that REXX code as event driven and use
PIPE's to control it. This means a SLEEP is not needed, and I would
"drive" the REXX script by stuffing messages into the PIPE.
Provided its not away doing something, the REXX code will respond
instantly.............pk.


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