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Re: is there a sendmail ?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: "Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms at yahoo dot com>,"Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:41:16 +1000
- Subject: Re: is there a sendmail ?
- References: <20020720001816.54804.qmail@web21007.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms@yahoo.com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@syncretize.net>; "Max Bowsher"
<maxb@ukf.net>; <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Which gets me thinking, perhaps this is YA function which could be
handled
> by Cygserver? It makes sense seeing as how this could use semaphores.
By
> the dates, it looks like he's updated it recently. Max, you might
want to
> correspond with Conrad Scott, who has been spearheading the Cygserver
> project lately. He is very will versed in interprocess communications
and
> could probably refer you to some excellent material to get you up to
> speed.
The cygserver could be (and should in the long run) be used to provide
persistence for the fifo when all involved processes have exited. But
that's all that's needed. It *could* be used for all fifo activity, but
frankly, I don't see much need for the overhead.
Rob
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