On 4/2/06, NoWhereMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Vennik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Amsn-devel] profiles and amsn failing to start > > > > LOL, You are saying yourself that it won't work!!!! > > It will work but you'll lose the ability to run more than one instance :P > > > The problem exists exactly because amsn is designed to be able to run > > multiple > > instances at once, so you can be logged in on various accounts. > > Well, you could then add an "allow only one instance" option with this fix > enabled... > Or you could write in the lock file how many istances are running and > increase/decrease the value; also you could show the user a message like > "The profile looks like locked by another instance of aMsn. If you are sure > no other instances of aMsn are currently running, maybe last session ended > unexpectedly. Force this instance to load the profile? (y/n)" > aMSN does checks if the locked instance is already running. THe running instance opens a random port and writes it into the lock file. So when a new aMSN instance checks if that port is open. But if it's not, that means the amsn crashed and the lockfile is just stale.
At least I think that's how it works. > etc etc... > > just a thought... :) > bye > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > -- Cheers, Karol Krizka ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
