[Info-vax] VMS Farewell message?

[John Reagan]

"Wayne" <weblis at monsanto.com> wrote in message 
news:a16ae068-5aa7-433a-9a0d-f522226418b3 at f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> We have an old VMS Server that is being retired.  It's a DS20 running
> OpenVMS 7.2-2.  Just as any other VMS server, when it shuts down, the
> last message before going to the boot prompt is "SYSTEM SHUTDOWN
> COMPLETE".
>
> For the final shutdown we are having a farewell celebration and I
> would like to change the final message to something more appropriate.
> Is there any way to change this "SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE" message or
> add a message immediately before or after it?

Sorry.  That string is hardcoded inside of EXCEPTION.EXE.  You might be able 
to patch the string as long as you don't make it longer.

John