Subject: Re: bug#36160: 25.2; Emacs does not ask to save modified files when shutting down OS

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:59:41 -0400

Johan Pretorius wrote:

> 3. Edit the buffer, DON'T save it to file
> 4. Shutdown computer (e.g. Ubuntu shutdown)
> 5. Start it back up again
> 6. Open the same file again
> 7. Look for the change you made... it's not there
>
> The file is not saved during OS shutdown, nor is there any complaint
> from Emacs in this situation.  It is about to lose data... It should
> complain!

Does any editor complain in such a situation?
It would mean a user process could block a shutdown, which seems unlikely.

Anyway, this is the kind of thing auto-save files are for.