Re: OS X meltdown

[Puneet Kishor]

Geoffrey F. Green wrote:

On 10/23/02 11:40 AM, "David Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 08:38  AM, Puneet Kishor wrote:

y'know geoff, methinks you are right. There was a "shutdown" folder in
OS 9...dunno if it is in OS X. I actually just run the script
manually, but I am sure in Unix there are shutdown scripts... I
haven't explored in OS X, but in Linux there are a set of scripts that
are run when rebooting or shutting down. I presume there will be
something analagous in OS X.

I think Geoff was being facetious. Many of us OS X users shut down our
computers only rarely. Back in OS 9, one had to do it regularly, but no
more.

Correct.  Guess I should have added the smiley!

no problem ;-)

That said, there is still value in what I said. I actually turn off my computer all the time (well, _after_ everytime I turn it on ;-)

I use an iBook, and I just don't believe notebooks are designed for very long use... their power supply heats up, they don't have adequate ventilation, if using a battery, you can deplete their battery faster, etc. Besides, what a waste of electricity. If I am not going to use the computer for 12 hours, why have it on. One thing we forget here in the US is that the rest of the world does not have uninterrupted power supply... so, computers, even Unix boxes, are routinely shut down. (While I am now in the US, once upon a time I was not. )

So, perhaps I should have added...
if {
you turn off your computer, figure out how to run
psync on shutdown; }
else {
crontab it }

thanks.