the difference appears to be that init 6 calls the /etc/init.d scripts to halt processes whilst reboot does not?
Regards, Phill. On 28 November 2012 10:07, Nio Wiklund <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-11-28 08:54, Brendan Donegan wrote: > > On 28/11/12 06:59, Carla Sella wrote: > >> I use shutdown -r now. > >> I'm used to UNIX, so I got this habit, in SCO UNIX it used to be > >> shutdown -g0. > > I also use shutdown now -r > >> > >> Carla Sella > >> email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://launchpad.net/~carla-sella < > https://launchpad.net/%7Ecarla-sella> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Phill Whiteside <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> as there are times that machines in test mis-behave and we have > >> (hopefully) still got access to a terminal. Which of these do you > >> use? > >> > >> "init 6" performs reboot in a clean and orderly manner,informing > >> the daemon of the change in runlevel,which subsequently achieves > >> the appropriate milestone and ultimately executes the rc0 kill > >> scripts. > >> > >> "reboot" performs an immediate system reboot,does not execute the > >> rc0 kill scripts,simply unmounts file systems and reboots the > >> System. It is not recommended,especially when you are rebooting > >> after a live-upgrade of OS & any patch-updates ,etc. > >> > >> I'm not sure if "shutdown -y -i6 -g0" still is an option ( I used > >> it many years ago on restarting Unix systems but it is calling > >> init 6) > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Phill. > >> > >> > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > from man reboot (in 12.04 LTS) > ----------------------------------------------------------- > NAME > reboot, halt, poweroff - reboot or stop the system > > SYNOPSIS > reboot [OPTION]... > > halt [OPTION]... > > poweroff [OPTION]... > > DESCRIPTION > These programs allow a system administrator to reboot, > halt or poweroff the system. > > When called with --force or when in runlevel 0 or 6, > this tool invokes the reboot(2) system call itself and > directly reboots the system. Otherwise this simply > invokes the shutdown(8) tool with the appropriate > arguments. > > Before invoking reboot(2), a shutdown time record is > first written to > /var/log/wtmp > ----------------------------------------------------------- > so 'reboot' and 'shutdown -r now' should do the same thing. > > Is this really different from 'init 6'? > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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