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From: andy@piziali.lonestar.org (Andy Piziali)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
Subject: shutdown(8) Versus haltsys(8)
Summary: When should one program be used over the other to stop a system?
Keywords: IBM Xenix 1.0, haltsys(8), shutdown(8)
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.143633.16845@convex.com>
Date: 25 Mar 91 14:36:33 GMT
Sender: Andy Piziali <andy@piziali.lonestar.org>
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There are two system administrator programs available to terminate the
operating system under IBM Xenix 1.0, running on a PC-AT: haltsys and shutdown.
haltsys immediately sync's the disks and halts the system.  shutdown, which
requires an integer time argument (in minutes), takes a while to terminate the
OS even when the value zero is specified.

What are the exact differences between these two programs?  What does shutdown
do that haltsys does not?
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