Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:39:37 -0600 From: hackmiester / Hunter Fuller <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer? Message-ID: <200603221339.39765.hackmiester@hackmiester.com> In-Reply-To: <20060321180656.T49653@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20060321123243.70610.qmail@web30302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060321180656.T49653@tripel.monochrome.org>
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--nextPart1671826.klMEkEKpg0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 21 March 2006 17:17, Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Yance Kowara wrote: > > [snip] > > > Yes, strangely enough shutdown -h now in FreeBSD will only halt the > > machine. halt -p will poweroff the box, and shutdown -p now will also > > power off the box. > > The shutdown options don't seem very strange to me: H stands for Halt, P > stands for Power. The halt manpage says that "Normally, the shutdown(8) > utility is used when the system needs to be halted ... cleanly > terminating specific programs." > > > In Linux, shutdown -h now will power off the machine. Not the case for me. For me it's just like FBSD. > > *That* makes no sense to me, and I would find it to be unexpected > behavior... but I guess it's a matter of what you're used to. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 =2D-hackmiester Walk a mile in my shoes and you will be a mile away in a new pair of shoes. =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD/yYl3ApzN91C7BcRAoVVAJ97uhjh30nQ4hd9bQ90gJqiwsLEfgCeKSrg bVfqEeJ09WhO6Y51WHEHb6o=3D =3DVTUd =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- =2D----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: Geek Code v3.1 (PHP) GCS/CM/E/IT d-@ s: a- C++$ UBLS*++++$ P+ L+++$ E- W++$ !N-- !o+ K-- !w-- !O- M++$ V-- PS@ PE@ Y--? PGP++ !t--- 5--? !X-- !R-- tv-- b+ DI++ D++ G+ e++++ h---- r+++ z++++ =2D-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Quick contact info: Work: hfuller@stpaulsmobile.net Personal: hackmiester@hackmiester.com Large files/spam: hackmiester@gmail.com GTalk:hackmiester/AIM:hackmiester1337/Y!:hackm1ester/IRC:irc.7sinz.net/7sinz --nextPart1671826.klMEkEKpg0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEIaf73ApzN91C7BcRApUTAKDHjcBwBAN5S9I39zuYTznFQnOc+gCgz6+v VQrqlN5f1uEFwVWCWE9kr/o= =60Fz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1671826.klMEkEKpg0--
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