Intercepting a process shutdown command under windows?

[Peter Hansen]

Samuel Schulenburg wrote:
> 
> Is their a way to keep another process from shutdown your python
> application before you can perform some cleanup activities?
> 
> Sam Schulenburg

This may depend on which platform you're on, and on exactly what
kind of "shutdown" command you're faced with.

There will *always* be something that can terminate your app
without you getting any say.  Depending on the precise type
of signal, however, you might be able to intercept it.

-Peter