

REBOOT(2)                 Minix Programmer's Manual                  REBOOT(2)


NAME
     reboot - close down the system or reboot

SYNTAX
     int reboot(int flag)

DESCRIPTION
     Reboot() is used to close down the system.  It currently allows two  ways
     of  shutting  down:  a  reboot  (flag  is  1) or a halt (flag is 0).  The
     procedure eliminates all the running processes and then sync's the  disks
     and  marks  all  mounted  file  systems  as  being clean.  After this the
     required action indicated by flag is taken.

     Reboot() may only be executed by the super-user.

DIAGNOSTICS
     If the call succeeds, it never returns.  If  something  went  wrong,  the
     return value is -1 and an error is indicated by errno.

SEE ALSO
     shutdown(8), reboot(8), halt(8), sync(1).

AUTHOR
     Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)


































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