Re: save-buffers-kill-emacs from remote unix signal?

[Kevin Rodgers]

georgeryoung@gmail.com wrote:
> [GNU emacs 22.0.50.1 sparc-sun-solaris2.9 X-toolkit]
> Is there some way I can use a unix signal to remotely cause
> emacs to save-buffers-kill-emacs without query,
> i.e. as if I had typed ^U^X^C ?   If I leave emacs up in my
> office with many unsaved buffers, I'd like to log in from home
> and do "kill -something <emacs-pid>" and have it save all
> buffers unconditionally and exit.

Does this work (-something is -USR1):

;; See the Misc[ellaneous System] Events node of the Emacs Lisp manual:
(global-set-key [usr1-signal]
                (lambda ()
                  (interactive)
                  (save-buffers-kill-emacs t)))

--
Kevin