On Thu, 03 Dec 2015, David Wright wrote: > Which data do you mean? For example, a database server[1] which has a transaction outstanding or needs a long time to write to disk for an orderly shutdown.
> By the time these Stop jobs start running, there are just system > processes running. I don't really care about them as long as the > filesystems get unmounted. The issue here are the system processes, which in some cases need more time to shut down. 1: To the best of my knowledge, the sysv init scripts for postgresql and mysql actually handle this properly, so this is more of a theoretical example. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum is thrust at me by a hyperactive girl screaming, "Chew more! Do more!" The American will to consume more and produce more personified in a stick of gum. I grab it. -- Chad Dickerson