On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:43:18 +0100
Bill Somerville <g4...@classdesign.com> wrote:
> On 15/04/2016 17:25, Richard Bown wrote:
> > Actually in /tmp:)
> Oops, sorry about that. %TMP% on Windows and $TMPDIR on Mac.
> > But as well as the lockfile, I also found /tmp/WSJTX
> > and lurking in that directory is a file wsjtx_status.txt
> > which I can check for its existence, its only there when WSJTX is running
> > which means the lockfile is untouched.
> Please do not use wsjtx_status.txt, this is deprecated because
> applications interfere with WSJT-X running by locking it or the
> directory it is in. It is very hard to scan for the presence of a file
> without locking the directory that contains it.
>
> The UDP messages are the way to go, you already have a very short
> example program that does 99% of what you need, in fact for your
> application nearly half of that example program is not needed!
>
> 73
> Bill
> G4WJS.
>
>
OK Bill, I'll attempt the udp route
Thanks
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Richard Bown
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