Frank,
(Sorry for my ugly quotation of the previous message)
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> That's a possibility, but it too has its limitations. First (and quite
>critical), where exactly would this script be positioned?
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The sole intention was to present an answer to your P.S., i.e. a script to install as a NT/W2K service with cygrunsrv
andthen remains active. Installed as you said, as a service so that postmaster depends on it.
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>Second, it appears this is an infinite loop, sucking CPU time
>all day long. Not my personal idea of efficiency.
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Actually all the services do that :)). Such a "service" launched in a rxvt window on a w98se consumes a peak of 5 % of
CPUwhen shell is launched after each 15 seconds (having 1 % consumed near all the time by the rxvt window).
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>
> The point is simply that NT/2000/XP does not appear to provide a clean
>mechanism by which you can introduce commands/scripts during the
>startup/shutdown sequence.
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Agreed.
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> I have no interest in debates over whether Cygwin users need to be good
>Unix-types, or the whole "Winblows sucks" routine.
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Agreed, also.
SLao
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