* Jack Byers
> Jack Byers     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> what is difference between
> 1) shutdown -t60 -h now
> and
> 2) shutdown -h +1
> 
> both forms discussed on manpage but
> I dont understand the difference
> 
> the 'time' argument   'now' in 1)   and '+1'   in 2)
>   is a mandatory argument according to the manpage
>   whereas  the  't60'   is optional
> 
> but aside from that, i dont see the difference
> the  -t60  is supposed to wait  60 sec
> and
> the  +1  is supposed to wait 1min

According to my man page, the '-t60' instructs the kernel (i.e. the
init process) to kill the processes now and then wait 60 seconds before
taking the system down.  In (2) the processes are not killed before 60
seconds has passed.

-- 
 Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 http://www.norges-bank.no



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