Re: [PATCH] Shutdown cooloff feature

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:14:09 +0200
"Pegasus Mc Cleaft" <ken_at_mthelicon.com> writes:
> I suppose in my mind I have always thought of the reboot command as
> being a sledge hammer where "shutdown -r" was the polite version. I
> wouldent want to loose the brute-force power of "reboot".

shutdown -or now is actually nastier than reboot(8) - it doesn't signal
init(8) at all.

OBTW:

     -n      The file system cache is not flushed.  This option should proba‐
             bly not be used.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Tue Sep 29 2009 - 13:14:11 UTC

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