On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:53:40 -0600 "Theodore Wynnychenko" <ted....@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello: > > I have been unable to discover this answer for myself. If I missed > this somewhere, sorry for bothering the list. > > Anyway, I would like to have the system confirm a shutdown or reboot > before actually doing it. > > I could do something like rename the shutdown/reboot/halt commands, > and then write a script to ask for conformation before shutting > down/etc; but, I seems like the cleanest solution would be to run a > script from rc.shutdown to ask for conformation. > > However, I can't figure out how to direct output/input from a script > run in rc.shutdown to the user's terminal (ssh connection, xterm, > console) that started the shutdown/reboot/halt process. Anything I > put in rc.shutdown is displayed directly to the console. > > I also don't see an obvious environment variable that I can use to > reliably redirect output. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks Override the command with a shell alias that does the "magic" you want to have. - Robert
