locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

[peasthope@shaw.ca]

Andrew, Ron & others,

a> probably because fetchmail died (or ...

Which can happen if a power failure occurs 
or I happen to reboot while fetchmail is 
retrieving.

This strikes me as a bug.  An obvious strategy 
would be to remove an old lock at startup.

I know nothing about shutdown policy.  Does 
shutdown allow an application any leeway?
Can a second or two of delay be invoked 
_via_ the xfsm-shutdown-helper?

Thanks,        ... Peter E.

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