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REBOOT(2)                     System Calls Manual                    REBOOT(2)



NAME
       reboot - reboot system or halt processor

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/reboot.h>

       reboot(how)
       int how;

DESCRIPTION
       Reboot  reboots  or halts the system.  Various options are specified in
       how:

       RB_PANIC  Cause a crash dump to be written.

       RB_NOSYNC Don't finish pending disk writes (a la sync(2)).

       RB_HALT   Don't reboot; leave the processor in a tight loop with inter‐
                 rupts disabled.

       RB_SINGLE Reboot single-user.

       RB_ASKNAME
                 Arrange for the boot program to ask the name of the system to
                 be booted.

       By default, disk writes are finished, and the system is rebooted multi-
       user from /unix on unit 0 of the root device.

SEE ALSO
       crash(8), init(8), reboot(8)

BUGS
       Of  dubious  utility; it's better just to use the console.  Most of the
       flags are silly.



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