On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Tyler Littlefield <[email protected]> wrote: > how does chris mentioning removing the registry lead to IPC?
It doesn't. You perhaps missed the word 'digression' in John's answer - relating to the sub-thread that was discussing IPC? > there's no point in using process lists or anything else, for that matter, if > the > OP can just do it right and remove the key from the registery Well, I suppose, it all depends on whether you subscribe to the Rube Goldberg method of programming or not... > > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > Web: tysdomain.com > email: [email protected] > My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Gaughan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [c-prog] How to load only one instance in Windows startup? > > > Christopher Coale wrote: > > Or he could just simply not add his program to the registry 2 times > > (like Tyler said), which is what the problem is in the first place. ;) > > > > This is an interesting and useful digression, however. IPC in general, > whether through mutexes, semaphores, lock files, sockets, or some other > mechanism is genuinely useful and important to learn for someone not > familiar with it. > > -- > John Gaughan > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to > <mailto:[email protected]>.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/sec http://www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=9375
