> Some SFS commands have the ability to hang forever and prevent any
> recovery. I recall we did some check right before these, just to make
> sure the remote file pool is actually alive. But I don't remember
> which check it was, maybe Bruce or Rod can fill in the blanks...

Methinks Holger did it this way:

start up a thread or two via multitasking CMS
set up a timer on one thread
set up the access (or whatever) on the other thread
if the access completes before the time ticks, kill the timer thread
if the timer thread ticks before the access completes, kill the access thread

Don't ask me about the ramifications of doing this and what happens
about cleanup. Multitasking CMS was never an area I hit before I went
in search of other work.

I do recall that the dev group did discover some problems in the mtCMS
area at the time.
I would hope that they've been fixed by now.

Gr.,

Rod

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