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Re: : reboot command behaves different on Linux
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at freemail dot ru>
- To: Frank Fesevur <ffes at users dot sourceforge dot net>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:07:03 +0400
- Subject: Re: : reboot command behaves different on Linux
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- Reply-to: Andrey Repin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Greetings, Frank Fesevur!
> 2013/3/22 Thorsten Kampe:
>>> > And does anybody ever use that reason thing on the windows shutdown?
>>> I know it is used by server versions of Windows. When you request
>>> shutdown/reboot you must enter a reason, and it is logged in system logs
>>> (don't know exactly where, i guess you can find this in Event viewer).
>>> Looks like it's ignored by desktop versions (XP/7/home/whatever).
>>
>> This is called the shutdown tracker and it's on by default on server
>> systems (non core). Most people simply disable it.
> I know that, but I was wondering if anybody ever really uses this
> feature from the command line.
> And to be more specific, should the cygwin shutdown have an command
> line option to give the reason for shutdown. Now it is always "Other
> (Planned)".
The Linux version have this functionality. Though, it's used a bit
differently... but why wouldn't you use message that is already present in
place, where you want to use a message?
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 24.03.2013, <05:05>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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