On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:51:41 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
>
>The resistance to the global SIGTERM suggestion was probably due to
>unintended side effects. If you want a SIGTERM generated on shutdown,
>it should only go to those dubbed applications that have registered
>for it. Such a registration service belongs in a suggestion rather
>than in the statement of requirements, although it might be reasonable
>to submit a separate requirement for it.
> 
As I stated initially, one of my motives was portability.  In a conventional
UNIX system, processes needn't register to receive SIGTERM.  Likewise,
it should be unnecessary in z/OS UNIX (USS).

-- gil

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