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| 1 | .TH REBOOT 8 | 
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| 2 | .SH NAME | 
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| 3 | reboot \- reboot the system immediately | 
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
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| 5 | \fBreboot\fP [\fB\-f\fP] | 
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| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 7 | .B Reboot | 
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| 8 | can be used to reboot the system after installing a new kernel.  It does | 
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| 9 | not inform the users, but does log it's actions in | 
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| 10 | .B /usr/adm/wtmp | 
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| 11 | and | 
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| 12 | .BR /usr/adm/log . | 
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| 13 | The system is then rebooted with the | 
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| 14 | .BR reboot (2) | 
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| 15 | systemcall. | 
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| 16 | .PP | 
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| 17 | If the | 
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| 18 | .B \-f | 
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| 19 | flag is not given then all processes are sent terminate | 
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| 20 | signals to give them a chance to die peacefully before the | 
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| 21 | .B reboot() | 
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| 22 | call. | 
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| 23 | .PP | 
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| 24 | If the wtmp file exists, | 
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| 25 | .B reboot | 
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| 26 | logs itself as if it were a shutdown.  This is done to prevent | 
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| 27 | .BR last (1) | 
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| 28 | from talking about system-crashes. | 
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| 29 | .B Reboot | 
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| 30 | is registered as is in the log file. | 
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| 31 | .PP | 
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| 32 | .B Reboot | 
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| 33 | can only be executed by the super-user.  Any other caller will be | 
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| 34 | refused, either by | 
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| 35 | .BR reboot (8) | 
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| 36 | or by | 
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| 37 | .BR reboot (2). | 
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| 38 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
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| 39 | .BR reboot (2), | 
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| 40 | .BR shutdown (8), | 
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| 41 | .BR halt(8), | 
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| 42 | .BR boot (8). | 
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| 43 | .SH BUGS | 
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| 44 | The error message's given by | 
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| 45 | .B reboot | 
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| 46 | are not always useful.  There are several routines that can fail, but which | 
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| 47 | are not fatal for the program. | 
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| 48 | .SH AUTHOR | 
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| 49 | Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL) | 
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