Date:  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:35:11 -0400
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] eCS: Automatic shutdown process killer


Forwarded message from "Alex Taylor" <mail.me at reply.to.address> on Thu, 28
Aug 2003 12:42:56 UTC
  Posted on ecomstation.apps,ecomstation.support.misc

Many people might not be aware of this, but the eCS 'enhanced shutdown'
(part of eStyler) includes a built-in process killer.

I see people resorting to the use of GO or other killers in order to kill
recalcitrant processes during shutdown, but the necessary  functionality
is actually built into the shutdown itself.

However, it has no GUI to configure it (I think Alessandro added the
feature after the eStyler settings notebook was finished & delivered).

ESTYLER.INI keeps a "kill list" of programs (listed by exe name) which it
will automatically kill during shutdown if they are running.

I've written a REXX program to allow users to view and modify the kill
list, and uploaded it to Hobbes:

    http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/shutkill_10.zip

Later:

   http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/process/shutkill_10.zip


You run this program from the command line.  The syntax is simple:

    SHUTKILL /A <program>  -- Add <program> to the kill list.
    SHUTKILL /D <program>  -- Delete <program> from the kill list.
    SHUTKILL /L            -- List all programs currently in the list.


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