[Info-vax] Correct way to dismount shadowed volume set as late as possible?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <fcd1f0ac-8906-4430-b677-42c37511eb00n at googlegroups.com>,
Matthew Wilson <mwilson at mattwilson.org> writes: 

> On 03.26.2021 09:37, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> >First, try to avoid long lines so that they aren't quoted-printable
> >split.  Just because it looks OK to you doesn't mean that it looks OK in
> >all newsreaders.  :-|
> 
> Ah, sorry. It's been quite a while since I've had access to a proper
> NNTP server so I've had to fall back on the (shudder) Google Groups web
> interface and incorrectly assumed it might do something sensible. I
> shall compose my messages externally and just paste into the web
> interface now.

Much better.  :-)

> Veering from the topic, but do you have a particular NNTP server you
> recommend? It seems like everything these days tends to be priced and
> oriented toward people wanting to focus on the binaries groups...

$ sh log newsrdr_server
   "NEWSRDR_SERVER" = "nntp.aioe.org" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)

There is also news.aioe.org which is a backup.  It is free to use, 
requires on registration, no authentication, and has technical stuff to 
prevent spam but allow normal use.

> Ah, thank you for that. So I think this echoes what I took away from
> Stephen's reply; to be able to dismount the volume cleanly, I'll need to
> manually stop more things earlier in the shutdown process instead of
> just relying on the system taking care of them later during shutdown.

Right.  At most, VMS can shut down things that it knows about, but you 
might have your own or third-party applications with open files which 
would prevent a clean shutdown.  In many cases, such as installed 
images, the messages are harmless, but it is good to have none.

> Your notes will indeed help me track everything down. Thanks!

My pleasure.