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Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> writes:
> On 03 Oct 2000 18:10:42 -0400, prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) said:
> Paul> You might add a hook function to create a lock file when Gnus
> Paul> starts, signaling an error if it already exists.  Add another
> Paul> hook for when Gnus exists to delete the file.
> 
> And if it detects the other, remote session and exits, how does one
> then get to use Gnus?

That's not the problem I was trying to solve (and there are already
solutions for that problem, as other have said).  I was suggesting a
solution to the problem of *noticing* that Gnus was already running
somewhere else.


paul