Open a terminal window and type 'man shutdown' which should give you all the
options available to you.
The command line entry 'shutdown -h now' has always worked for me though
like most I have occasionally had to crash out and have my hard drives
checked ;o)
regards
Daryl
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew Harrison
> Sent: 25 February 2001 04:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Yet another question.
>
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> As I am a total newbie to linux, I have a question on how exactly do I
> use the shutdown command to shutdown the computer. Right now I have to
> just let it reboot and shutdown as soon as it resets. Thanks.
>
> Matt
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