Re: Shutdown/Ctrl-Alt-Del

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From: joe2
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:07

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In <1992Aug04.130131.16494@brtph560.bnr.ca> Errol Casey P910 writes:
>I'm interested in find a program that will run the shutdown
>procedure when control-alternate-delete is pressed.  If no
>such program is available, can this program be written easily?
>I just hate that when I have to do a three-finger salute that
>I'm liable to ruin multiple files. I have packet radio and a bbs
>running constantly, so these programs always have files open.
>
>Any suggestions or help in getting such a program would be
>appreciated.
>
>--
>Errol Casey, Bell Northern Research, Research Triangle Park, NC
>(919) 991-7310 email: gcasey@bnr.ca
>
>

Ctrl-Alt-Del *does* flush the FAT and HPFS internal caches.
Of course it does not flush the C-library buffers, but neither
does "Shutdown". Your programs should do a fflush()...

-Joe

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