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- From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP System Shutdown WIBNI
- Sender: news@ans.net (News Administrator)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.153224.25379@ans.net>
- In-Reply-To: Nick Laflamme's message of Tuesday, 25 Aug 1992 09: 59:18 EST
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:33:46 GMT
- References: <92238.095918NLAFLAMM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
- Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY
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- In article <92238.095918NLAFLAMM@vma.cc.nd.edu> Nick Laflamme <NLAFLAMM@vma.cc.nd.edu> writes:
-
- >Wouldn't it be nice if when I shutdown OS/2 from the desktop, I wasn't
- >prompted about whether I wanted to kill the various OS/2 server tasks,
- >such as SendMail, LPRMon, and any others running? I'm not an OS/2
- >programmer, but most of my OS/2 apps go away quietly when I shutdown my
- >system. I presume most apps respond to some kind of signal which the
- >TCP/IP 1.2.1 servers ignore for the most part.
-
- The only applications that can go away automatically are PM applications.
- There are special PM messages that the WPS sends to each application to let
- it know that a shutdown has been requested. The applications are then
- supposed to do whatever is necessary to save their state and shut down
- (and some may prompt you just as if you selected their "Exit" menu item),
- and then tell the WPS whether or not they agree to the shutdown.
-
- Most of the TCP/IP servers run within normal OS/2 command sessions, which
- do not have this method of communicating with the WPS. Thus, you'll get
- prompted whether you want to kill them - just as you'll get prompted if
- you leave any windowed or full-screen command sessions running.
-
- Perhaps a future release will have some sort of PM front-end to the servers
- so that it can respond more elegantly to the shutdown.
-
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- -- David
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