On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:

> 
> On 26 Mar 2011, at 20:20, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> 
>> Excuse the top-posting, I'm on my Blackberry...
>> 
>> I've always found the default solaris reboot and shutdown commands a 'pain 
>> in the ass'.
>> 
>> I doubt there are many systems out there that would be broken by an 
>> adjustment to the default reboot and shutdown behaviour to bring them more 
>> in line with BSD and Linux.
>> 
>> What do others think? 
> 
> I agree. It is surprising that the Indiana project attempted to make Solaris 
> more Linux-like and then left some obviously different commands around.
> 
> Perhaps adding /usr/gnu/bin/reboot etc would be a compatible way to fix this?
> 
> Chris

Well I've always found anything other than the System V way of doing things to 
be
amateur hour.

Compatibility isn't just with scripts, it's with people too.

Besides, what's so hard to remember about
shutdown -i6 -y -g0    ?
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