Re: how to cause a Java app to shutdown IF you have the authority to send it a signal:
Java JVMs on *nix generally will respond to SIGINT (2) or SIGTERM(15) by exiting "normally". An application an register a "shutdownhook" and run some code to clean up if necessary. Here's a link: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/50/sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.html#signals Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>wrote: > IMO - the java app should provide a way to tell it to exit gracefully - and > the stop script would exercise that. > > Scott > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:43 AM, CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) < > james.chap...@associates.dhs.gov> wrote: > > > Our programmers have been creating java based applications that they > > start and stop using simple scripts. The start script call java to start > > the program; however the stop script issues a simple kill command > > against the PID. > > > > Our problem if User A start the program, only User A can kill it (except > > for root). We want anyone in the group level to be able to also issue > > the kill command (in the script). Is there a way to allow users in a > > group to kill each other's started processes. > > > > Being new to the zLinux and Java worlds, is it standard to issue a 'kill > > -9 pid" to terminate a java program? Is there a better way and how does > > issuing a kill de-allocate memory and other issues? > > > > James Chaplin > > Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux > > Base Technologies, Inc > > Supporting the zSeries Platform Team > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
