PC Ext: Dispatch Cannot Spawn External with Break Options (95972)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
This article was previously published under Q95972

SYMPTOMS

Dispatch tries to spawn External as an idle process and then Dispatch aborts the idle process and reports:

external -btxx:xx:xx terminated with exit code -1

If specified, -bt will be replaced with -bdxx-xx-xx.

CAUSE

The command line for External contains break time options -bt or -bd. Dispatch appends a break relative time to the idle process command line automatically; thus, it cannot resolve the proper break time if -bt or -bd is already specified.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, do not run External with a defined break time.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/8/1999
Keywords:KB95972
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