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Subject: Re: IIgs Software Reboot
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Date: 14 Dec 89 02:13:56 GMT
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In response to my query, Cary Farrier writes:
 
>A better solution is to use the OS_SHUTDOWN call ($2003).  When
>using this call, an os_shutdown message is sent to everybody in the
>system who would like to know when the system is going down.  This
>call will also flush out any data to any files that has not been
>written out by the FST yet.  If your programs would like to be
>notified of a shutdown, you can use the notification queue.
 
I agree, but doesn't that require running GS/OS?  I didn't state it
before, but the routine needs to run under plain old ProDOS 8.