From: Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin) Subject: File system issues.... Date: 14 Jul 1992 06:54:16 GMT
MvS> Hmm, I'm the guy who wrote the Sysv compatible init that's in
poe's
MvS> adm package. I implemented the CTRL-ALT-DEL trick in Minix about a
year
MvS> ago, and mentioned it to some people in the Linux world. To my
pleasant
MvS> surprise I saw that Linux now handles CTRL-ALT-DEL the same way:
by
MvS> sending a SIGINT to init. My Init treats INT the same as the PWR
signal:
MvS> it run the inittab entries of type 'powerwait' and 'powerfail'.
These can
MvS> be just about anything, a script file or whatever. I
MvS> use the next line myself:
MvS> pf::powerwait:/etc/shutdown -rf now > /dev/console < /dev/console
2>&1
Sounds great! This is just the sort of thing to improve usability and
practicality....
MvS> My init is now much more standard and bug free, expect
MvS> to see it available
MvS> on some ftp archive soon (After I've written the man pages for
shutdown,
MvS> reboot, halt, wall, and inittab.... Bleach.)
Could you use some help with those...? ;-) Seriously, I'm literate,
and would enjoy writing that material for you. Reference material and
narrative prose are my specialties. Let me know if you're interested
and I'll be glad to generate a sample....
Rob L.
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