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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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