# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-09-04 04:25:14
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149479.msg3077266#msg3077266

I wrote a big comment in init.cpp describing how shutdown works: @p{par}


Code:
// @p{brk}
// Thread management and startup/shutdown: @p{brk}
// @p{brk}
// The network-processing threads are all part of a thread group @p{brk}
// created by AppInit() or the Qt main() function. @p{brk}
// @p{brk}
// A clean exit happens when StartShutdown() or the SIGTERM @p{brk}
// signal handler sets fRequestShutdown, which triggers @p{brk}
// the DetectShutdownThread(), which interrupts the main thread group. @p{brk}
// DetectShutdownThread() then exits, which causes AppInit() to @p{brk}
// continue (it .joins the shutdown thread). @p{brk}
// Shutdown() is then @p{brk}
// called to clean up database connections, and stop other @p{brk}
// threads that should only be stopped after the main network-processing @p{brk}
// threads have exited. @p{brk}
// @p{brk}
// Note that if running -daemon the parent process returns from AppInit2 @p{brk}
// before adding any threads to the threadGroup, so .join_all() returns @p{brk}
// immediately and the parent exits from main(). @p{brk}
// @p{brk}
// Shutdown for Qt is very similar, only it uses a QTimer to detect @p{brk}
// fRequestShutdown getting set, and then does the normal Qt @p{brk}
// shutdown thing. @p{brk}
// @p{brk}

 @p{brk}
I don't know nuthin about Windows' SetConsoleCtrlHandler(), but just setting the fRequestShutdown global variable should do the right thing. @p{brk}