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    From Gregory J. Deyss@1:267/150 to all on Thursday, October 11, 2012 18:32:10
    ---------- Internet Rex 2.29 (Win95/NT 32-bit), Thu Oct 11 18:11:33 201
    + 18:11:32 Command line: -daemon
    % 18:11:33 Starting rescan...
    % 18:11:33 Done rescan
    + 18:11:34 Config files may have changed: reloading.
    why does this happen, I backup my files just in case and it seemed to clear the
    issue.

    here is my rexstart.bat
    rem
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexup.0
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexbusy.0
    net start "internet rex"
    c:\rex\rexw.exe -daemon
    * the rex icon still appears within the system tray

    also

    I backed up the file rexup.0 within the sems directory

    Thanks
    - Greg
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  • From Roy Witt@1:387/22 to Gregory J. Deyss on Friday, October 12, 2012 16:11:41

    Gregory J. Deyss wrote to all:

    Internet Rex 2.29 (Win95/NT 32-bit), Thu Oct 11 18:11:33
    201 + 18:11:32
    Command line: -daemon
    % 18:11:33 Starting rescan...
    % 18:11:33 Done rescan
    + 18:11:34 Config files may have changed: reloading.
    why does this happen, I backup my files just in case and it seemed
    to clear the issue.

    That's a normal event, unless you're seeing this in a continuous screen flashing by...in which case there is a config problem that Rex doesn't
    like.

    here is my rexstart.bat
    rem
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexup.0
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexbusy.0
    net start "internet rex"
    c:\rex\rexw.exe -daemon
    * the rex icon still appears within the system tray

    also

    I backed up the file rexup.0 within the sems directory

    Rex uses *.0 files to tell itself that there is activity being processed.

    rexup.0 tells rex not to load a 2nd time because it is already running. rexbusy.0 tells rex to wait for an event to finish before it starts
    another. i.e. you shouldn't be saving or backing up these files anywhere
    that rex can find them.

    PS - what does the /q flag do in a DOS delete command?

    R\%/itt


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    ... Fellow SEAL: "You believed that s**t, I bet you voted for change too,
    ... SUCKER."


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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Gregory J. Deyss on Monday, October 29, 2012 17:38:02
    ---------- Internet Rex 2.29 (Win95/NT 32-bit), Thu Oct 11 18:11:33 201
    + 18:11:32 Command line: -daemon
    % 18:11:33 Starting rescan...
    % 18:11:33 Done rescan
    + 18:11:34 Config files may have changed: reloading.
    why does this happen, I backup my files just in case and it seemed to clear th
    issue.

    here is my rexstart.bat
    rem
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexup.0
    del /q c:\rex\sems\rexbusy.0
    net start "internet rex"
    c:\rex\rexw.exe -daemon

    * the rex icon still appears within the system tray
    also
    I backed up the file rexup.0 within the sems directory

    Remover either the "net start" command or the "c:\rex\rexw.exe -daemon" as both
    commands together start two copies of Internet Rex. You only need one.

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