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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:40:37 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> > Neil even proposed ALT + |
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> > SysRq + EISUB, to be sure everything is killed, sync'd and |
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> > unmounted. |
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> Which might or might not work. But note that I was also talking |
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> about applications being in a corrupted state (the database example). |
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E sends a SIGTERM to all applications. Any well behaved application |
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should shut down cleanly on this. I sends a SIGKILL, but it only affects |
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programs that were so locked up they ignored E, so you have nothing to |
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lose by then. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Weird enough for government work. |