You can do it with
kill -15 PID
And, this (requires OSProcess):
makeStopHook
"Answers the process that hooks to the
OS signal that makes this worker to shutdown
when the VM process receives a TERM signal from
the OS."
^ [|semaphore|
semaphore := OSProcess accessor forwardSigTerm.
semaphore wait.
self onTerminationSignal]
forkAt: Processor systemBackgroundPriority
named: 'Image TERM’
onTerminationSignal
"The process for the VM of this image
has received a TERM signal from the OS.
React accordingly"
self log: 'That''s all folks. This worker is shutting down. Bye bye...'
level:#messages.
OSProcess accessor restoreSigTerm.
SmalltalkImage current snapshot: false andQuit: true.
> On Feb 10, 2015, at 4:58 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Is there a way I can externally signal a running pharo-vm in order to
> request a shutdown equivalent to clicking on the close icon?
>
> I'd like to externally manage the start/stop of a Pharo image, but
> because the image can be used during development, I'd like to provide
> the user with a confirmation dialog instead of simply killing the
> process.
>
> Regards!
>
>
> Esteban A. Maringolo
>
