CronShell is a DLG/TpTCron utility that allows you to run a program
as though it had been run in the TpTCron environment, without losing
the current directory and without running asynchronously (i.e. it
waits for the program to finish running under TpTCron before
returning control).

Version 1.1 now uses a write-lock instead of just a read-lock.
The change was required because a read-lock only waits 20 seconds
before returning, whereas a writelock waits as long as it takes.

It is a TOTAL hack!  Though it should be a "well-behaved" hack.

WHY write such a silly program?
SIMPLE, to get around a bug in PDQ/DLGMail.

The environment that PDQ/DLGMail uses to execute commands is severely
broken.  Which means that depending on what version of the OS you
are running, a lot of commands fail to run properly when invoked
under PDQ/DLGMail.  In specific, the newer versions of UnZIP, which
are required for mail packets archived with PkZIP2.04g will not work
with PDQ/DLGMail (at least not on my system).  To make matters worse,
PDQ/DLGMail doesn't even know that the command failed, so it happily
removes your incoming mail for you even though it wasn't successfully
processed.  OUCH!

The fix is to change your ZIPEXTRACT configuration to something like:

ZIPEXTRACT Fido:CronShell PDQMail_ZIP C:UnZIP %s *.PKT
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                             /              \
                   just my attempt        actual command to run.
                   at using a
                   descriptive
                   lockname.

The above line allows me to process incoming .ZIP packets unless
something goes wrong.

PLEASE SEE THE CronShell.doc file for various warnings!

Enjoy!

\Leon
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|(_) \(_)Leon Shaner\\\// <leon@abcd.houghton.mi.us> or <leon@mtu.edu>
|________[MTU - CTS] \\/  ...Non-Conformity is a virtue I hold dear...

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