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Subject: Re: "shutdown -h now" risk?
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> I did not know that "shutdown -h now" is dangerous,
> what is the problem with it?

He said anything OTHER than "shutdown -h now" is dangerous. I've always
used just "reboot", and I've never lost data. This does the equivalent
of a showdown -r now", at least I thought it did, and I would not call
it dangerous either.


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