Checking for 'quit' and aborting shutdown

[Richard Gaskin]

Graham Samuel wrote:

 > On 2 Dec 2013, at 15:39, Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >>
 >> Would shutdownRequest cover what you need?
 >>
 > No, that's sent when the user chooses 'quit', and it's also sent
 > when OSX chooses 'quit' for you, i.e. when someone chooses 'Shut
 > Down' in the main menu of the machine. So my script can't say "I'll
 > ask my user nicely if he/she really wants to shut down, unless
 > it's an order from OSX High Command, in which case I'll just cave
 > in and do it". I suppose there may be something one can do with Apple
 > Events, but then I'd be left with the same issue on the PC. Maybe
 > asking "are you sure?" should be deprecated.

Looks like apps get an Apple event of 'shut' for shutdown (this is old, 
but page 8-8 should probably still be relevant as far as the AE 
constants are concerned):
<https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/mac/pdf/Processes/Shutdown.pdf>


Not sure what to do on Win or Linux, though on Linux there's probably a 
signal code you could trap for.


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