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 Message 390 
 Paul Quinn to Björn Felten 
 RFC seriously 
 29 Nov 14 16:39:59 
 
Hi! Björn,

On 29/11/2014 2:30 PM, you wrote:

 PQ>> biggest advantage is the treatment of semaphores: having both a
 PQ>> dedicated directory, and the ability to add custom-designed
 BF> semaphores.

 BF>     Indeed. But on the other hand, us batch file phantoms can probably
 BF> do with just one semaphore file exit, can't we? With an 'EXEC_NOW.OK'
 BF> flag file that causes Argus to execute 'EXEC_NOW.BAT' (as I've made it
 BF> now) wouldn't that actually be enough?

Probably.  It depends on what the logic flow in the BAT dictates.  Do you
envisage pre-loading the BAT and then call it using the flag?

 PQ>> P.S. When the time of general introduction of IPv6 comes, I will be
 PQ>> switching to Linux.

 BF>     Negatory! You'll hang on to the good old Argus family, by then IPv6
 BF> aware, you hear!

My node's current Win98SE would be unable to utilize IPv6.  All that goes away
in a straightforward Linux environment.

Cheers,
Paul.

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