Gavin makes what we're voting on (*if* we're voting) a moving target..
...  shades of Florida 2000....  or at least a variation thereof....:

> Bruce after me:
> > >             [;DELAY=<timespec>]
> > >             [;WAIT
> >
> > Given these, I suggest
> >
> >               ;CANCEL
>
> ...... so you could simply <BREAK> the command if you want
> to cancel it.

O.K.;  I can go along with that...


> The whole DELAY/WARN/WAIT thing is really just bells and
> whistles that are there because the Unix shutdown command
> provides the same kind of options.  The same functionality could
> easily be provided as a CI command file on MPE, thus
> simplifying the implementation process for HP

If going with the CI command file really would make a significant
difference in HP's implementation method, then suppose I can go
along with that too....  but if it's only marginally more work once
they're doing the command anyway, I would still (gently) agitate for
Gavin's original spec (which clearly was written in Jell-O, not stone)...


> .....  (I still want the ;EXIT option though dammit!), ....

Yes;  if at all possible...

> ......  I would revise my proposal to include only
> the most critical options, making the syntax:
> ......
>       SHUTDOWN {SYSTEM | <entityname>}
>
>              [;HALT]
>              [;RESTART]
>              [;EXIT]
>
> and for extra credit:
>
>              [;DUMP]
>              [;NODUMP]
>
> to control whether MMSAVE gets invoked.  These last two
> options would be mutually exclusive with the ;EXIT option.

Yeah;  the "DUMP or not" option is good...

> It would be nice to be able to have an additional option to
> ;EXIT which would cause an exit to the ISL> prompt followed
> by the invocation of the AUTOBOOT file, allowing a fast automated
> reboot without operator intervention.  ....

sooo...:   What Gavin is (I guess) saying is that what he *really*
wants is a revised version of his above revision;  with a qualifier on
top of that if the qualifier is possible ??....    ala:

[;HALT]
[;RESTART]
[;EXIT]
[;EXITTOISL]

oops:  And are there two possible variants for the last of four above:

[;EXITTOISLAUTO]
[;EXITTOISLNOAUTO]

Gavin, is the above your FINAL answer ??...
Need to make a phone call ??
Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE ??....
Will there be a recount ??.....   No:  Let's not go there......

Ken Sletten

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