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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6252093 --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)reboot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd June 9, 1993 +.Dt REBOOT 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm reboot , +.Nm halt +.Nd +stopping and restarting the system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm halt +.Op Fl nqp +.Nm reboot +.Op Fl nqp +.Nm fasthalt +.Op Fl nqp +.Nm fastboot +.Op Fl nqp +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm halt +and +.Nm reboot +utilities flush the file system cache to disk, send all running processes +a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL) and, respectively, halt or restart +the system. +The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the login +accounting file. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl n +If the +.Fl n +option is specified, +the file system cache is not flushed. +This option should probably not be used. +.It Fl q +If the +.Fl q +option is specified, +the system is halted or restarted quickly and ungracefully, and only +the flushing of the file system cache is performed. +This option should probably not be used. +.It Fl p +If the +.Fl p +option is specified, then the system will turn off the power +if it can. This is of course likely to make +.Nm reboot +rather similar to +.Nm halt. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm fasthalt +and +.Nm fastboot +utilities are nothing more than aliases for the +.Nm halt +and +.Nm reboot +utilities. +.Pp +Normally, the +.Xr shutdown 8 +utility is used when the system needs to be halted or restarted, giving +users advance warning of their impending doom. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr utmp 5 , +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr shutdown 8 , +.Xr sync 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm reboot +command appeared in +.At v6 . |