Re: How can a Mac be friendly restarted?
Re: How can a Mac be friendly restarted?
- Subject: Re: How can a Mac be friendly restarted?
- From: Norman Gray <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:23:31 +0100
On 2010 Jul 20, at 17:03, Mo McRoberts wrote:
> shutdown(8) reads:
>
> "The shutdown utility provides an automated shutdown procedure for super-
> users to nicely notify users when the system is shutting down, saving
> them from system administrators, hackers, and gurus, who would otherwise
> not bother with such niceties."
I think I recognise text which has survived in manpages from the dawn of unix.
The analogous manpage on SunOS (which appears not to have survived into this BSD) documented a 'rapid shutdown' option which could be used "for example, if the processor is on fire". I always thought this presumed a rather stylish coolness on the part of the admin issuing the command.
Norman
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