[Info-vax] SHO DEV xxx/FILE on LD devices

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2011-07-06 23:04:
> In article<iv1bv8$et$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
> <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  writes:
>
>> $ DISMOUNT/AND_DEINSTALL_ALL_INSTALLED_FILES dev:
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Right now, I have to either maintain a list of installed
>> files in SYSHUTDWN.COM, or have separate<app>_SHUTDOWN.COM
>> files for each application.
>>
>> It "works", but a way to unconditionaly deinstall all files
>> and force a dismount would also be nice.
>
> I didn't notice this much until I configured a satellite.  Boot servers
> would rarely shutdown and if it was planned it was often a cluster
> reboot and if not planned then I had other worries.  But with a
> satellite booting once per day, one wants to avoid merges.
> SYSHUTDWN.COM is the way to go.  Unconditionally dismounting a disk with
> open files could lead to them being in an unknown and/or inconsistent
> state; maybe it's good one is forced to think about it.
>

Yes, I creeated a few extra xxx_SHUTDOWN.COM routines for some
applications that hadn't any and then a few INSTALL REMOVE for
the rest of the files.

I belive my disks now shuts down cleanly and re-mounts after
a re-boot without any marge.

Jan-Erik.