[squeak-dev] running headless

Mark Volkmann mark at ociweb.com
Sat Oct 25 16:32:58 UTC 2008


On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:36 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 07:39:59PM -0500, Mark Volkmann wrote:
>>
>> So my script runs now, but even with -headless it displays the Squeak
>> splash screen and the VM never exits. I have to manually kill the
>> process. Is there something I should do at the end of my script to
>> make it exit? It seems like with -headless it should always exit when
>> it reaches the end of the script.
>
> Just add this to the end of your script:
>    SmalltalkImage current snapshot: false andQuit: true.

That does a lot of stuff! However, one thing it didn't do for me ...  
under Windows ... is quit.

> Or, if you want more of a brute force exit, you can use this:
>    SmalltalkImage current quitPrimitive.

This does work though!

> While you are at it, take a few minutes to read the  
> #snapshot:andQuit:embedded
> method. This is where the magic occurs that permits you to save an
> image and restart it exactly where you left off. Interesting and well
> worth reading.


Thanks!

---
Mark Volkmann




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