Safe Shutdown Script

[cnoto]

I am having an issue with the shutdown script of a newly installed on/off button on my pi 4 on pins 5 and 6. The startup works fine, but the shutdown isn't working. Here are the contents of

/home/pi/scripts/shutdown.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import subprocess

we will use the pin numbering to match the pins on the Pi, instead of the

GPIO pin outs (makes it easier to keep track of things)

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)

use the same pin that is used for the reset button (one button to rule them a$

GPIO.setup(5, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down = GPIO.PUD_UP)

oldButtonState1 = True

while True:
#grab the current button state
buttonState1 = GPIO.input(5)

check to see if button has been pushed

if buttonState1 != oldButtonState1 and buttonState1 == False:
  subprocess.call("shutdown -h now", shell=True, 
    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
  oldButtonState1 = buttonState1

time.sleep(.1)

Anything look weird?

[cnoto]

I ended up using @cyperghost 's script from [https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17415/multi-switch-shutdown-script?_=1609290226722](link url)

and now have things working.