korfhage@CS.UCLA.EDU (11/17/88)
There are a couple utilities that would be handy to have, but I haven't seen
them. If they exist, pointers would be very welcome.
1) A utility to copy files from one volume to another in the background.
Specifically from the hard disk to an Appleshare file server, but that
shouldn't matter.
2) An fkey or something that will stop a program. The mac equivalent of
"kill -9" on unix. Two minutes ago, for example, I ran a program in which
I had accidentally disabled the Quit item in the file menu. In this case I
got out of the problem by hitting the interrupt switch and typing
"G FINDER", but is there a better way? Can the interrupt switch method
cause any problems?
Thanks for any information.
Willard Korfhage
ARPA : korfhage@cs.ucla.edu
UUCP : {ucbvax,randvax,trwrb!trwspp,ism780}!ucla-cs!korfhagealexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) (11/18/88)
In article <18004@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> korfhage@CS.UCLA.EDU (Willard Korfhage) writes: >There are a couple utilities that would be handy to have, but I haven't seen >them. If they exist, pointers would be very welcome. >[...] >2) An fkey or something that will stop a program. The mac equivalent of > "kill -9" on unix. Two minutes ago, for example, I ran a program in which > I had accidentally disabled the Quit item in the file menu. In this case I > got out of the problem by hitting the interrupt switch and typing > "G FINDER", but is there a better way? Can the interrupt switch method > cause any problems? That's a great trick! I didn't know that worked without all of MacsBug loaded ('ES' command). Since I didn't, I cooked up an FKEY that does the same thing. Go into ResEdit, make an FKEY resource, and just put in the two bytes "A9F4" which is the trap for ExitToShell. Works like a charm. Just don't hit it by accident, and be aware that it's a little more difficult to write the file-closing FKEY that you'll need to clean up afterwards. Your method is actually stronger since the FKEY depends on the application still being in (resonably) working order. The interrupt switch will almost always work. ---- Alexis Rosen alexis@dasys1.UUCP or alexis@ccnysci.UUCP Writing from {allegra,philabs,cmcl2}!phri\ The Big Electric Cat uunet!dasys1!alexis Public UNIX {portal,well,sun}!hoptoad/