When the phantom dies the semaphore lock get released. We use this mechanism for all of our background processes and it works like a champ.
Doug www.u2logic.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Wolverton Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:56 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] [UD] BASIC "LOCK"s Since we don't have Semaphore-like COMMON structures, I was going to use the BASIC "LOCK" to know that a Phantom was running -- the lock missing would tell me to start the process. HOWEVER, if the phantom 'dies' - the documentation makes it read as if the LOCK will stay engaged -- does anyone have practical knowledge if a phantom falling over 'implies' an ECL QUIT? I know I could use READU, but my understanding is that BASIC LOCKs use far fewer resources to test - and as I will add a test for the Phantom being 'up' in several common routines, I don't want to cause extra bottlenecks. (I really wish we had cross-process COMMON for things like this!) Thanks - David W. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
