Porteus

When using the boot cheatcode like "changes=EXIT:/somewhere/savefile.dat", I wonder if there is a option to let user choose whether to save the changes or not upon shutdown.

The pros of this option is that user could choose to discard all the changes made in the current session run.

Any advice how to do that ?
Thanks.

stuff79 wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 13:59

I wonder if there is a option to let user choose whether to save the changes or not upon shutdown.

Yup There is a 3 second delay and prompt when shutting down to save or not save changes.

Ed_P wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 14:26

stuff79 wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 13:59

I wonder if there is a option to let user choose whether to save the changes or not upon shutdown.

Yup There is a 3 second delay and prompt when shutting down to save or not save changes.

I'm new to Porteus, not awaring that there is 3 sec delay in the console.

Thanks.

stuff79 wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 15:27

I'm new to Porteus

We all were at some point.

The prompt also shows you how full your save.dat file is and allows you to exit without saving the save.dat file if it is overflowing.

Ed_P wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 14:26

There is a 3 second delay and prompt when shutting down to save or not save changes.

3 Seconds is very short, can that be changed?

E.g. to 10 seconds or 5 seconds?

Rava wrote: ↑

18 May 2023, 20:00

3 Seconds is very short, can that be changed?

If the file is too full an extra is 5 seconds it added and is in the rc.local_shutdown script. In that the decision is binary not too much time is needed.

The 3 sec time out period can be changed by modifying the /mnt/live/cleanup.