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From: dave@pmafire.UUCP (Dave Remien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 2 more Q's about 386/ix
Summary: batch works
Keywords: displays, shutdown
Message-ID: <903@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 89 06:39:18 GMT
References: <1910@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1651@ctisbv.cti-software.nl>
Reply-To: dave@pmafire.UUCP (Dave Remien)
Organization: WINCO, INEL, Idaho
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In article <1651@ctisbv.cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
writes:
+jonm@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Jonathan Meyer) writes:
+
+
+>Is it possible to run shutdown from anything other than the console VT?
+>Sometimes I would like to be able to reboot my system safely from a remote
+>login, but can't.
+
+init 6 </dev/console will usually do the trick.


So will batch. 
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Dave Remien +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ WINCO Computer Engineering Group 
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