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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!pd2n+ From: "Peter W. De Bonte" <pwd+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Shutdown problem. Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 09:54:26 -0400 Organization: Freshman, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <8fkMiGG00WC=A1cXIl@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <1993Apr6.123017.14823@cm.cf.ac.uk> Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.386bsd.questions: 6-Apr-93 Re: Shutdown problem. by Paul@isl.cf.ac.uk > Well if you're the only user on the system, which most 386BSD systems > are, then you might as well just type halt in the first place. All > shutdown does is be a little more polite to other users on the system You mean shutdown doesn't call sync? ick. Work hard and prosper, Pete W. De Bonte (x4173) pwd+@cmu.edu "Knolege is powef, Speling is unimportnt"