Execute command at shutdown
Hi, Is it possible, using some cygwin functionality, to tell Windows to execute a command at shutdown? For instance, I would like to have: ipconfig.exe /release executed everytime I shutdown Windows, since I need that to avoid problems with my cable provider when using dual-boot. How can I do that? Thanks, Maurício -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Execute command at shutdown
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Maurício wrote: Hi, Is it possible, using some cygwin functionality, to tell Windows to execute a command at shutdown? For instance, I would like to have: ipconfig.exe /release executed everytime I shutdown Windows, since I need that to avoid problems with my cable provider when using dual-boot. How can I do that? One thing that comes to mind is a program that invokes the command you want on SIGHUP, installed as a service with cygrunsrv that will terminate at shutdown, with HUP as the termination signal. Beware, though, that services have a certain period of time in which to stop, after which the service process will be terminated by Windows. If I were you, I'd look into using the Windows hooks for this, instead. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte. But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that! -- Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Execute command at shutdown
Igor Peshansky wrote: On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Maurício wrote: Hi, Is it possible, using some cygwin functionality, to tell Windows to execute a command at shutdown? For instance, I would like to have: ipconfig.exe /release executed everytime I shutdown Windows, since I need that to avoid problems with my cable provider when using dual-boot. How can I do that? One thing that comes to mind is a program that invokes the command you want on SIGHUP, installed as a service with cygrunsrv that will terminate at shutdown, with HUP as the termination signal. Beware, though, that services have a certain period of time in which to stop, after which the service process will be terminated by Windows. If I were you, I'd look into using the Windows hooks for this, instead. HTH, Igor I am not able to find those Windows hooks :( Maurício -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Execute command at shutdown
Maurício wrote: Hi, Is it possible, using some cygwin functionality, to tell Windows to execute a command at shutdown? For instance, I would like to have: ipconfig.exe /release executed everytime I shutdown Windows, since I need that to avoid problems with my cable provider when using dual-boot. How can I do that? As an alternative to Igor's suggestions, if you're willing interject a different shutdown scheme into your process, you can always create an alias or a script that does the above and then calls Cygwin's 'shutdown' in the flavor of your choice to do what you're looking for. 'shutdown' is available in it's own Cygwin package. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Execute command at shutdown
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Maurício wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Maurício wrote: Is it possible, using some cygwin functionality, to tell Windows to execute a command at shutdown? For instance, I would like to have: ipconfig.exe /release executed everytime I shutdown Windows, since I need that to avoid problems with my cable provider when using dual-boot. How can I do that? One thing that comes to mind is a program that invokes the command you want on SIGHUP, installed as a service with cygrunsrv that will terminate at shutdown, with HUP as the termination signal. Beware, though, that services have a certain period of time in which to stop, after which the service process will be terminated by Windows. If I were you, I'd look into using the Windows hooks for this, instead. I am not able to find those Windows hooks :( You weren't looking very hard. The first match in a Google search for windows shutdown hooks -java produces exactly what you're looking for. Igor P.S. Interestingly enough, I was going to suggest exactly what Larry proposed as the third alternative in my original message, but then figured you'd want to have this when you shutdown via Windows Start menu, so dismissed that possibility. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte. But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that! -- Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
