Look no further than "man shutdown". "shutdown -r now".....reboots the system "shutdown -h now".....if ATX then shuts down and powers off "reboot"..............reboots the system
Rob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FemmeFatale >> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 9:52 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [newbie] Is there a way to Powerdown/Off the computer a >> =?iso-8859-1?q?l? = =?us-ascii?Q?a >> Winsucks=20with=20a=20cmd=20on=20the=20CLI=20or?= Gui? >> >> >> At 03:17 AM 2/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: >> >Hi. >> > >> >Just a minor clarification on the usage of halt/powerdown/shutdown. >> > >> >halt (and also reboot) calls shutdown to do the work in the common >> >case, so there is no difference in using halt for the 08/15 user. >> > >> >powerdown is a link to halt and will act the same in the common >> >case, i.e. run shutdown. >> > >> >In other words, it does not matter whether you call powerdown, halt or >> >shutdown, they all end up executing shutdown. >> > >> >reboot acts the same, except that it calls shutdown with -r instead >> >of -h. >> > >> >I don't know if there is a point to make what is the Right Thing to >> >do. Once, it was clearly shutdown, but today...? At least for >> >multi-user systems you should still use shutdown, because of the >> >timeout and message before rebooting. (Yes, you should give other >> >users time to save. Yes, really.). >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> > Benjamin. >> > >> > >> >PS: And, which should be clear by now, which one you use has nothing >> > to do at all with whether the hardware really turns off itself. >> >> Thx Mr. Benjamin. That little bit of info is extremely helpful!!! Its >> precisely the info I was looking to find out. I had suspected before I >> sent the original post that what you're telling me would likely be the >> case. (Hm twisted sentence structure; lousy grammar; no attempt @ >> clarification? Yep, I'm stoned again. :D ) >> >> As always I thank you for your insights. >> ------------- >> FemmeFatale >> >> Good Decisions You boss Made: >> "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that >> character from Peanuts." >> >> - Source: Dilbert >> >> >> >>
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