RE: Re: quit files
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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: 22 June 2019 16:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [hercules-390] Re: quit files > > ---In [email protected], <dave.g4ugm@...> wrote : > > > Sorry Paul, but that did skip my attention. However, I think its > > un-realistic to expect Hercules to clean up the mess that results when > > you pull the plug on a running system. > > > It is like expecting your laptop to behave deterministically after you > > whip out the battery and power lead. > > I don't know why you would think these things are equivalent. In any > application ever written, when you type in "quit" or "exit" or "end" or > whatever magic word tells the application you no longer want to run it, I > expect the application itself to shut down cleanly. ie cleanly close things like > the log file. Not put random results in the log file. > > "quit" should not mean "make a mad dash to the exit, don't bother flushing > files or saving data, because this is a man in a hurry!". > > If that's what people think make sense for the "quit" command then I > suggest we need another command which means "the man's not in such a > hurry that he doesn't want the log file and other files finalized and flushed to > disk". > As I said, the documentation clearly states "quit" and "exit" are equivalent, and they both attempt to perform an orderly shutdown. If you want the equivalent of hitting the EPO button that’s an enhancement request. > BFN. Paul. > Dave > > ------------------------------------ > Posted by: kerravon86-/[email protected] > ------------------------------------ > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > > Files and archives at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-390 > > Get the latest version of Hercules from: > http://www.hercules-390.org > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo Groups Links > > >