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| author | Sami Kerola | 2015-10-13 01:45:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2015-10-18 19:03:52 +0200 |
| commit | 6e82b1f3ef039ed2298517b87f6ab3fed6872165 (patch) | |
| tree | 519af48cea322ad91ab9fa9a9e6bf26e4994f290 /sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 | |
| parent | ctrlaltdel: improve error messaging (diff) | |
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docs: update ctrlaltdel.8 man page
Most significant clarification is to tell hard C_A_D is the default in linux
kernel. Update also kernel reference, and improve readability.
Reference: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/kernel/reboot.c
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 b/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 index 30bbae458..4be651372 100644 --- a/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 +++ b/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 @@ -1,21 +1,23 @@ .\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH CTRLALTDEL 8 "August 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.TH CTRLALTDEL 8 "October 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME ctrlaltdel \- set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination .SH SYNOPSIS .BR "ctrlaltdel hard" | soft .SH DESCRIPTION Based on examination of the -.I linux/kernel/sys.c +.I linux/kernel/reboot.c code, it is clear that there are two supported functions that the -Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform: a -.I hard -reset, which immediately reboots the computer without calling +Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence can perform. +.TP +.B hard +Immediately reboot the computer without calling .BR sync (2) -and without any other preparation; and a -.I soft -reset, which sends the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the +and without any other preparation. This is the default. +.TP +.B soft +Will make kernel to send the SIGINT (interrupt) signal to the .B init process (this is always the process with PID 1). If this option is used, the @@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ Display help text and exit. .SH FILES .I /etc/rc.local .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR init (8) +.BR init (8), +.BR systemd (1) .SH AUTHOR .UR poe@daimi.aau.dk Peter Orbaek |