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Date:      Wed, 17 May 2000 08:51:24 +1000
From:      Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
To:        "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: shutdown now
Message-ID:  <00051708520400.00360@freebsd.freebsd.org>
References:  <000801bfbd5b$031d7900$a2dba7d1@dnormandinfreewwweb.com>

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Hello,

- Instead of "shutdown NOW" try
- "shutdown -h NOW"

Looking forward to your feedback.

dannyh
dannyh@idx.com.au


On Sun, 14 May 2000, Duke Normandin wrote:
> Whenever I use ` shutdown now ` to drop into single-user mode,
> I get the following error message:
> 
> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: -> I hit Enter
> 
> syntax error: Bad substitution
> 
> I hit ^D and all files are re-read w/o the system checks (which is
> what I want). How do I get rid of this "syntax" error?
> 
> -duke
> 
> 
> 
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