Closing Opencpn via command line on linux

[conachair]

Hi, I use raspberry pi running openplotter, often from a tablet.
So to shutdown the Pi, rather than use VNC with fat cold fingers I have a button on node-red programmed to send this to the command line (found on google):

killall -s TERM opencpn
(then delay 5 seconds)
sudo shutdown -h now

Seems to work OK, but anyone know if there's a "nicer" way to close opencpn using the command line?
It seems to save tracks and the logbook data OK but seems a bit heavy handed - is there a better command line option?

Thanks

[teddythetwig]

Originally Posted by conachair

Hi, I use raspberry pi running openplotter, often from a tablet.
So to shutdown the Pi, rather than use VNC with fat cold fingers I have a button on node-red programmed to send this to the command line (found on google):

killall -s TERM opencpn
(then delay 5 seconds)
sudo shutdown -h now

Seems to work OK, but anyone know if there's a "nicer" way to close opencpn using the command line?
It seems to save tracks and the logbook data OK but seems a bit heavy handed - is there a better command line option?

Thanks

You can always try to send SIGHUP instead of the default SIGTERM. I believe that is the signal sent when pressing the "x" to close a GUI window. It may be more graceful, but I don't know if it really matters.

[conachair]

Should anyone be interested....

Quick look at the opencpn.log file and it seems like using the exit opencpn menu button has exactly the same result as "killall -s TERM opencpn " on the command line so think all is good.
Node red on the Pi is GREAT!