Re: Should reboot(8) be modified so that it can become the recommended way to reboot a system?

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Daniel Tameling writes:

> Part of the problem is that reboot indeed reboots the system.

I understand what you are saying, but there's no way it can be a
"problem" that a command called "reboot" reboots the system :-)

If we dont want to make this a flag-day and break a lot of scripts,
and other automation, the only option, is to make reboot(8) and
halt(8) print a message and sleep long enough that people can
change their mind.

My suggestion would be:

If reboot(8) or halt(8) is invoked with any other argument than
'-p', they behave as documented today.

If they are invoked without arguments, or with only the '-p' argument,
it goes something like:

	# reboot

	If you want things to be stop nicely:

	    Press CTRL-C now, and use the shutdown(8) command instead.

	3
	2
	1
	rebooting

That clearly communicates what the concern is, gives people a sensible
chance to change their mind, and does not break any existing scripts.

Poul-Henning

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