How to message network users before system shutdown?

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From: Aaron David Herskowitz
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 12:47

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I am looking for a way to send a message to all users logged in to NeXTs which could  
notify them of the system being shut-down.  We have thought of a few ways to do it, but  
they seem rather usage intensive.  

It is a shame that "wall" doesn't work because of the GUI.  They will only get the  
message if they are running terminal or looking at the console file (which few students  
do.)  

Is there a way to get terminal to pop-up, etc, or has someone written an App to do just  
this? 

Any help/ideas would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Aaron 

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