On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 06:23:37PM +0200, Martin Ammermueller wrote:
> All shells I used before never returned to the controlling tty after the
> shutdown command. I also think that it's useless that someone can execute
> commands like cp and mv after the OS synced the disks.

Nobody can execute any command after the OS syncs the disks. 
-- 
"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of
invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor ...
in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser ... in an irregular way
fascinating to cats,..." -- US patent 5443036, "Method of exercising a cat"