From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8893269a4640c798 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-24 11:50:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: terminate applications References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1059072649 12.234.13.56 (Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:50:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:50:49 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:50:49 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40772 Date: 2003-07-24T18:50:49+00:00 List-Id: >To solve MDC's problem, and all that is needed is a sufficiently rounded >GPLed Halt package, that applies to popular platforms. May I offer: procedure Suicide; -- Implementation defined action. Generally, calls the OS requesting -- immediate termination of the partition, usually without any cleanup -- or finalization. On many OSes, this may need to be followed by -- a manual reboot. Using a vendor supplied Halt, or aborting the -- environment task, will usually acomplish more graceful termination. The body of Suicide needs to be written specificaly for each OS.