Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:03:31 +0200 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, reel@sympatico.ca, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/27440: Undocumented option "-l" for reboot(8) Message-ID: <20010523190331.B4150@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d> In-Reply-To: <20010523183424.A29448@sunbay.com>; from ru@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 06:34:24PM %2B0300 References: <200105201110.f4KBAbm71358@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010523161104.A32846@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <20010523183424.A29448@sunbay.com>
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Thus spake Ruslan Ermilov (ru@FreeBSD.ORG): > This option is marked as undocumented in the code. > Using this option on a regular basis would hurt last(1) as it computes > some dates using this mark. > The only purpose of having -l is to avoid duplicate "shutdown" and > "reboot" marks to wtmp(5). This paragraph makes a nice description for the -l flag. Let people shoot into their feet if they want to. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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