thanks Stephen and Brian... :) On 25 Nov 2002 10:48:35 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 15:46, Brian Parish wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: > > > was suddenly curious about this. > > > > > > when shutting down the Mandrake, > > > and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. > > > > > > some were listed as "stopping" while others "shutting down" > > > > > > eg. > > > Stopping crond: [ OK] > > > Shutting down APM daemon: [ OK] > > > > > > are there any significance to why they are listed differently? > > > > > > thanks > > > > Probably not that significant a difference, but I suspect that > > "stopping" means effectively killing the process, while "shutting > > down" means sending a message to the process to ask it nicely to > > tidy up, switch off the lights and lock the door on the way out. > > > > Of course those processes that don't respond to the invitation get > > killed at the end of the shutdown script - that's when killall gets > > invoked. > > > > Brian > > Mine never say "Stopping" or "Killing" !!!!! > (Actually, I've changed all my messages to say things like > "squashing","stomping", "sniping", "assassinating" - the list goes > on...(grin) > > -- > Mon Nov 25 10:45:00 EST 2002 > .o0 linux user:267497 0o. > -------------------------------- > | __ __ | kühn media australia > | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 > | ;"""/ / | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU > -------------------------------- > Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn > > When Dexter's on the Internet, can Hell be far behind?" > >
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