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Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:20:19 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
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On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:05:38PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> (aside: I remember someone telling me that it makes more sense
> to just type 'reboot' than 'shutdown -r now'.

Not if you actually like your data.  "reboot" kills all your processes
with a blunt object while "shutdown -r now" allows processes that things
like databases to shut down correctly before wacking the remaining
hangers on with a blunt object.

-- Brooks

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