Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:43:08 +0100 From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r216823 - head/sbin/shutdown Message-ID: <20101231144308.GA55052@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <201012301806.oBUI6VcW046731@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201012301806.oBUI6VcW046731@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 06:06:31PM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > Author: pjd > Date: Thu Dec 30 18:06:31 2010 > New Revision: 216823 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216823 > Log: > For compatibility with Linux and Solaris add poweroff(8). > It is implemented as a hard link to shutdown(8) and it is equivalent of: > # shutdown -p now If we go that way, then for consistency reboot(8) and halt(8) should also be equivalent to calling shutdown -r now and shutdown -h now respectively, unless conflicting options are given. Linux has a -f option for what's currently reboot's and halt's default action, and fastboot(8)/fasthalt(8) could also retain the current behaviour. I would be in favour of this change. -- Jilles Tjoelker
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