50 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
50 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.TH REBOOT 8
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.SH NAME
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reboot \- reboot the system immediately
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBreboot\fP [\fB\-f\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Reboot
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can be used to reboot the system after installing a new kernel. It does
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not inform the users, but does log it's actions in
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.B /usr/adm/wtmp
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and
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.BR /usr/adm/log .
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The system is then rebooted with the
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.BR reboot (2)
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systemcall.
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.PP
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If the
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.B \-f
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flag is not given then all processes are sent terminate
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signals to give them a chance to die peacefully before the
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.B reboot()
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call.
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.PP
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If the wtmp file exists,
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.B reboot
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logs itself as if it were a shutdown. This is done to prevent
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.BR last (1)
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from talking about system-crashes.
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.B Reboot
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is registered as is in the log file.
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.PP
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.B Reboot
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can only be executed by the super-user. Any other caller will be
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refused, either by
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.BR reboot (8)
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or by
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.BR reboot (2).
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR reboot (2),
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.BR shutdown (8),
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.BR halt(8),
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.BR boot (8).
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.SH BUGS
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The error message's given by
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.B reboot
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are not always useful. There are several routines that can fail, but which
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are not fatal for the program.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)
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