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Re: [eCS] shutdown or setboot

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:48:40 -0400, Tim Stephen <tim.stephen@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a command to execute from a rexx program that will
> shutdown the system and not reboot it.

PowerOff.Exe?

Neil
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Hi, I'm looking for a command to execute from a rexx program that will shutdown the system and not reboot it. I have a wireless print server on my lan that is... 		Tim Stephen
cowswillbecows
Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2009
5:49 pm

... Sounds like a familiar problem I had when I ran a bulletin board at home (more than 10 years ago now). During holidays I wanted it once per day to...
Rob Hamerling
digithalys
Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2009
7:53 pm

Thanks. Setboot /ibd:g (g is just a data drive not bootable) results in shutdown plus a message "operating system missing, system halted" on a black screen....
Tim Stephen
cowswillbecows
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
2:47 am

... Da: eComStation@yahoogroups.com per conto di Rob Hamerling Inviato: lun 06/07/2009 21.52 A: eComStation@yahoogroups.com Oggetto: Re: [eCS] shutdown or...
mentore.siesto@...
mentoruccio
Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2009
7:59 pm

... PowerOff.Exe? Neil -- Neil Waldhauer, neil@... Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets....
Neil Waldhauer
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Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2009
8:41 pm

Looks like poweroff.exe is part of acpi utilities and requires that stuff on the system. Don't have them, so no go. Thanks! Tim...
Tim Stephen
cowswillbecows
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
2:47 am

I think Poweroff.exe came in OS/2 Warp Server and WSeB. This was pre-ACPI. But I don't think it was in Warp 4 client OS, only the server version. Cheers/2 Ed....
Ed Durrant
eadurrant
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
3:56 am

No it wasn't poweroff.exe rather shutdown.exe and it's included in eComStation - just type shutdown at a command prompt and press enter and you'll see what I...
Ed Durrant
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Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
9:36 am

Well, the trouble with shutdown is that it doesn't actually shutdown all the time unattended. If certain types of sessions are open a pm popup appears that...
Tim Stephen
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3:28 pm

** Reply to note from Tim Stephen <tim.stephen@...> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:48:40 -0400 ... A more elegant solution: http://www.clanganke.de/os2/sw/sendyes ...
os24u@...
Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
1:38 pm

... I haven't tested this, but I imagine it would be possible to do it with REXX plus your favourite process-killer (e.g. 'go -k'). Just query the window list...
Alex Taylor
alextaylor41
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
2:34 pm

Thanks for this. I've had some experience attempting to kill processes via available utilities driven by rexx. As you say, there are occasions when you...
Tim Stephen
cowswillbecows
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
3:31 pm

... One "problem" I had with various utilities was that if it actually turned the power all the way off on the machine, when the line power came back on and...
amphi_sc
Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2009
5:49 pm
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