Subj : Creating a zero-byte semaphore file
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Jan 12 2006 09:10 pm

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

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