Stan Sieler wrote:

> It occurs to be that the right way to approach this is to make
> the SHUTDOWN command a real command, not just a control-A command.
>
> Then, you could create a SYSSTOP script with a SHUTDOWN command
> in it.

having two shutdown commands creates too much confusion!  you wouldn't

believe the amount of grief i go thru when i tell my operators --
'type the
shutdown command on the console'.  (we have an operator's udc called
'shutdown' (badly named, imo) that stops a kazillion background jobs,
blah
blah, blah and halts the network).  the operators invariably think i'm
telling
them to do a cntl-a shutdown.  i like the *name* sysstop
though...       - d

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