diff options
| author |   marc <marc@openbsd.org> | 2001-01-26 20:20:28 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | marc <marc@openbsd.org> | 2001-01-26 20:20:28 +0000 |
| commit | 8c53a4e81792c69c1b53eca28d523d6f15f532f9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cc927e12c8d44a4b642eea2406f69c601eaac64 | |
| parent | regen (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-8c53a4e81792c69c1b53eca28d523d6f15f532f9.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-8c53a4e81792c69c1b53eca28d523d6f15f532f9.zip | |
Mention that shutdown brings the system to single user mode when issued
without options. Other wording tweaks. Move comment related to -p
to where -p is defined, not where -h is defined.
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 | 36 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 index dc4dfbd9ed2..a4f8588b89c 100644 --- a/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 +++ b/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: shutdown.8,v 1.22 2001/01/05 04:27:23 marc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: shutdown.8,v 1.23 2001/01/26 20:20:28 marc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: shutdown.8,v 1.6 1995/03/18 15:01:07 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 @@ -51,12 +51,20 @@ provides an automated shutdown procedure for superusers 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. +would otherwise not bother with such niceties. When the +.Nm +command is issued without options the system is placed in single +user mode at the indicated time after shutting down all system +services. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d -Causes system to perform a dump before rebooting. +When used with +.Fl h +or +.Fl r +causes system to perform a dump. This option is useful for debugging system dump procedures or capturing the state of a corrupted or misbehaving system. See @@ -79,13 +87,6 @@ when .Nm execs .Xr halt 8 . -.Sy Note : -If this option does not work on your i386 machine try setting -.Li machdep.apmhalt -to the value 1 using -.Xr sysctl 8 . -This can be set at boot time in -.Pa sysctl.conf . .It Fl k Kick everybody off. The @@ -94,9 +95,13 @@ option does not actually halt the system, but leaves the system multi-user with logins disabled (for all but superuser). .It Fl n -Prevent the normal +When used with +.Fl h +or +.Fl r +prevents the normal .Xr sync 2 -before stopping. +before stopping the system. .It Fl r .Nm execs @@ -110,6 +115,13 @@ flag is passed on to .Xr halt 8 , causing machines which support automatic power down to do so after halting. (Currently supported on some i386, sparc, and mac68k platforms.) +.Sy Note : +If this option does not work on your i386 machine try setting +.Li machdep.apmhalt +to the value 1 using +.Xr sysctl 8 . +This can be set at boot time in +.Pa sysctl.conf . .It Ar time .Ar time is the time at which |