Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:13:07 -0800 From: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: Alokat <mailing@alokat.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutdown computer after the halt command Message-ID: <1297127587.2564.8.camel@dt.vicor.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Wd-z_xphXJKUfrba8wmFRoE9Kf%2BqYcDuvDSjh@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D508917.3000202@alokat.org> <1297124530.2564.5.camel@dt.vicor.com> <AANLkTi=Wd-z_xphXJKUfrba8wmFRoE9Kf%2BqYcDuvDSjh@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 19:26 -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> if I use the *halt* command I just see "the system is halted press any > >> key to reboot" > >> How can I fix this? > > shutdown -p now > don't use halt directly > There's no technical reason to avoid using halt directly other than the fact that shutdown sends a message to connected users while halt does not. -- Devin P.S. I welcome the rebuttle as a learning experience if the above is not 100% accurate and true (but be-warned... I went around the office polling _really_ old UNIX hands before making the above statement).
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