shutdown(1)

NAME
shutdown - stop or reboot the computer

SYNOPSIS
shutdown [ -rhckqm ] [ +mins|now ] message

DESCRIPTION
shutdown shuts the computer down either immediately or at some time in the future.

-r  Reboot the computer after shutting it down.

-h  Halts the computer, so you can then turn it off. -c Attempts to cancel a running shutdown.

-k  Send all the we're going to shut down now! messages, but don't actually shut down.

-m  If a shutdown message isn't supplied, ask for one.

-q  Don't ask for a shutdown message (this is the default)

To shut the computer down immediately, use shutdown now, otherwise use shutdown +N to shut the computer down after N minutes.

For historical compatability, the options -t,-n, and -f are accepted, but ignored.

BUGS
You have to be root to run shutdown (okay, so this isn't actually a bug.)

AUTHOR
David Parsons <orc@pell.chi.il.us>

SEE ALSO
init(8), halt(8), reboot(8).