[Zope] how do I manage a graceful shutdown?

[Dieter Maurer]

Tim Lynch wrote at 2003-2-18 14:35 EST:
 > I want to do a graceful shutdown with a Product I'm writing.  That is, I want to
 > guarantee that some log files include a final message, maybe send an email to
 > a site admin ... those sorts of things.
 > 
 > Is there a "hook" that I can include in my product to make sure my shutdown 
 > stuff is called whenever Zope is shutting down or restarting?  

The Python module "atexit" might help you...

It might be a bit late when the exit handler is called.
You will need to reopen a ZODB connection when you need to access
Zope objects.


Dieter