Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:14:13 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:09:37 -0400, jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid>
wrote in <8734e8nfku.fsf@atr2.ath.cx>:
>

It's probably the most used command for operating system shutdown.
 
Linux: shutdown (flags such as -h)
OpenVMS: shutdown FreeDOS: shutdown Solaris 9: shutdown (flags such as
-y -g 30)
Windows 10: shutdown (flags such as /p)
Minix3: shutdown (can't remember the flags right now)
TOPS20: ^Ecease now (then confirm)
ITS: :lock  (then 5down, confirm)

>
I usually use the -f flag with -r or -h:
>
# shutdown -hf now now now
>
<snip>

 
POWEROFF(8)           poweroff           POWEROFF(8)
NAME
       poweroff, reboot, halt - Power off, reboot, or halt the machine
SYNOPSIS
       poweroff [OPTIONS...]
       reboot [OPTIONS...]
       halt [OPTIONS...]

~$ ls -l /usr/sbin/poweroff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 16  2024 /usr/sbin/poweroff -> ../bin/
systemctl

ls -l /usr/sbin/shutdown
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 16  2024 /usr/sbin/shutdown -> ../bin/
systemctl

All roads lead to Rome apparently.