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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/reboot.8')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 index 6252093..c43c5f1 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)reboot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" $Id$ .\" .Dd June 9, 1993 .Dt REBOOT 8 @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ stopping and restarting the system The .Nm halt and -.Nm reboot +.Nm 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. @@ -60,28 +61,20 @@ The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the login accounting file. .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl n -If the -.Fl n -option is specified, -the file system cache is not flushed. +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 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 +The system will turn off the power if it can. This is of course likely to make -.Nm reboot +.Nm rather similar to -.Nm halt. +.Nm halt . .El .Pp The @@ -91,7 +84,7 @@ and utilities are nothing more than aliases for the .Nm halt and -.Nm reboot +.Nm utilities. .Pp Normally, the @@ -105,6 +98,6 @@ users advance warning of their impending doom. .Xr sync 8 .Sh HISTORY A -.Nm reboot +.Nm command appeared in .At v6 . |
