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When BREAK <task> doesnt

    19-Nov-91 23:59:42
Fm: Harry Manolopoulos 75410,322
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
Taking this a step further (and resulting in an 'offical' enhancement request to CBM), how about a system message to do the same thing. A good example is when a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) notifies a system that it is on batteries and has 5 minutes left. A system generated shutdown message could tell all tasks to inform the user, cleanup gracefully, and quit. An immediate form of the message that bypasses polite requesters would be used when there is a short time left or for non-user tasks. I know it could be done with Arexx, but I like the idea of this being built-in the OS.