Re: [LUG] Power off shutdown

[kevin bailey <kev.bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hmm...

the -p argument does not seem to be in the man page

man shutdown

try

shutdown -h now

for a shutdown

and shutdown -r now

to do a reboot


kev

Alex Stanley wrote:
> I use 'poweroff' on my Redhat install
>
> Alex.
>
> Quoting admin <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> > Debian
> >
> > In a terminal I type:
> >
> > halt
> >
> > to close down. After a bit the screen tells me I cn power down.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I can't do that I have to press reset on my box and let it
> > boot into Windows and shut down and power off that way!
> >
> > I have tried:
> >
> > halt -p
> >
> > shutdown -p
> >
> > but nothing seems to work.
> >
> > Any ideas anyone?
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