reboot

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   reboot(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      reboot - restart the operating system
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/reboot [ -dlnq ]  [  boot  arguments  ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      The reboot utility restarts the kernel. The kernel is loaded
      into  memory by the PROM monitor, which transfers control to
      the loaded kernel.
 
      Although reboot can be run by the super-user  at  any  time,
      shutdown(1M) is normally used first to warn all users logged
      in of the impending loss of service.  See  shutdown(1M)  for
      details.
 
      The reboot utility performs  a  sync(1M)  operation  on  the
      disks,  and  then  a  multi-user  reboot  is  initiated. See
      init(1M) for details.
 
      The reboot utility normally logs the reboot  to  the  system
      log daemon, syslogd(1M), and places a shutdown record in the
      login accounting  file  /var/adm/wtmpx.  These  actions  are
      inhibited if the -n or -q options are present.
 
      Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after
      crashes.
 


OPTIONS
      -d    Force  a  system  crash  dump  before  rebooting.  See
            dumpadm(1M)  for  information  on  configuring  system
            crash dumps.
 
      -l    Suppress sending a message to the system  log  daemon,
            syslogd(1M) about who executed  reboot.
 
      -n    Avoid the sync(1M) operation.
             Use of this option can cause file system damage.
 
      -q    Quick. Reboot quickly and ungracefully, without  shut-
            ting down running processes first.
 
       bootarguments
            These arguments are accepted  for  compatibility,  and
            are passed unchanged to the uadmin(2) function.
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: Example of the reboot utility.
 
      In the example below, the delimiter `--' (two hyphens)  must
      be  used  to  separate the options of  reboot from the argu-
      ments of  boot(1M).
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 30 Mar 1999                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                   reboot(1M)
 
 
 
      example# reboot -dl -- -rv
 


FILES
      /var/adm/wtmpx
            login accounting file
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      boot(1M),  crash(1M),   dumpadm(1M),   fsck(1M),   halt(1M),
      init(1M),  shutdown(1M),   sync(1M), syslogd(1M), uadmin(2),
      reboot(3C), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 30 Mar 1999                    2
 
 
 

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