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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
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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"