Interrupt startup scripts

[Jim McKee_2]

How do I interrupt the rc*.d startup scripts?

I have found references in the forums to using ctrl-| (pipe) to interrupt the startup scripts, but it doesn't seem to work. I have an L 2000 running HP-UX 11.11. I am testing startup scripts and want to interrupt the scripts if one of them hangs.

Jim

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi Jim,

From the console, do an stty -a & look for "quit=" - usually it's ctrl-\ but depending on your term-type it could differ.
That's what you need to enter.
Understand that no more rc scripts will run afterwards however.

HTH,
Jeff

[Jim McKee_2]

Jeff,

That was the answer. Part of my problem was that the terminal was set to HP, while the GSP was set to vt100. When I set both to HP the ctrl-\ worked.

Along a similar thread, is there a way to interrupt a shutdown?


Jim

[Jeff Schussele]

Yes I think so - but do you really want to?
Depending on just where you hit it, you could really be in an inconsistent state.

Rgds,
Jeff