Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:15:51 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reboot(8) and slow-dying processes Message-ID: <Mutt.19970122091551.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199701212329.XAA00566@veda.is>; from Adam David on Jan 21, 1997 23:29:22 %2B0000 References: <199701212329.XAA00566@veda.is>
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As Adam David wrote: > reboot(8) is very unforgiving in that it only allows 5 seconds for > processes to tidy up and exit gracefully, but there may be processes > that need a longer delay before they are slaughtered as a last > resort (for instance large database applications). The projected solution to this is rc.shutdown, with an adjustable `grace time' (maximum period init should wait for the processes to complete shutting down). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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