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What is the fastest method of initiating the shutdown procedure in linux?

on 2013-12-01 16:32:15   by Subhajit   on MCA  1 answers

Rajni

on 2013-12-01 10:30:00  

UNIX was not made to be shut down, but if you really must, use the shutdown command. After completing the shutdown procedure, the -h option will halt the system, while -r will reboot it. The reboot and halt commands are now able to invoke shutdown if run when the system is in run levels 1-5, and thus ensure proper shutdown of the system,but it is a bad habit to get into, as not all UNIX/Linux versions have this feature.