Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:57:27 GMT From: "Ben C. O. Grimm" <freebsd@bengrimm.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/129765: man 8 shutdown does not explain operation without command-line options Message-ID: <200812191657.mBJGvRCn068123@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200812191700.mBJH02nu061938@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 129765 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man 8 shutdown does not explain operation without command-line options >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 19 17:00:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben C. O. Grimm >Release: 7.1-PRERELEASE >Organization: None >Environment: FreeBSD hail.bengrimm.net 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Dec 1 17:04:32 CET 2008 root@hail.bengrimm.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAIL i386 >Description: The manual for shutdown(8) describes how the command behaves using command-line options like -h or -p, but not the behavior when omitting these options, like in 'shutdown now'. There is a brief mention of 'bringing the system down to single-user state' (which is what 'shutdown now' actually does), but it is not explained. See how this might confuse users: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=6273 >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Add a one-liner to the manual about the effect of not using command-line switches in the shutdown command. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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