On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 17:24 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 16:48, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > Correct on creating the file and its function, but I would *never* use a > > 'reboot' command without using 'sync;sync;sync;reboot'. "reboot" does > > not flush buffers, so if you fail to use the sync in that line, data in > > the buffers may not be written to disk and filesystem or data corruption > > may occur. It _has_ happened. > > > >From 'man reboot': > If halt or reboot is called when the system is not in > runlevel 0 or 6, in other words when it’s running normally, > shutdown will be invoked instead (with the -h or -r > flag). > > So normally, there is no difference. > Thank you Les I never use reboot so had not noted the change. At some time in the now far distant past that was changed from the way it previously worked. I appreciate the info and education on the changes. Jeff
