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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-01-16 19:01:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-01-17 10:08:23 +0100 |
| commit | 59d83463d18c1928cd3d6c4aa0bde6285d2af734 (patch) | |
| tree | c80c1a394b19ef26f1d637da11c64a3cbaec9921 /man | |
| parent | 0b306655f1eca3bbb28a2e3bc295a7bd4dc292bd (diff) | |
| download | systemd-59d83463d18c1928cd3d6c4aa0bde6285d2af734.tar.gz | |
man: extend on halt documentation
Based on the suggestions on #13254 and #13264
Fixes: #13254
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/halt.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/halt.xml b/man/halt.xml index 75604b8342..f811b10348 100644 --- a/man/halt.xml +++ b/man/halt.xml @@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, - <command>reboot</command> may be used to halt, power-off or reboot - the machine.</para> + <para><command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> may be used to + halt, power-off, or reboot the machine. All three commands take the same options.</para> </refsect1> @@ -137,12 +136,15 @@ <refsect1> <title>Notes</title> - <para>These commands are implemented in a way that preserves compatibility with - the original SysV commands. - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - verbs <command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, - <command>reboot</command> provide the same functionality with some additional - features.</para> + <para>These commands are implemented in a way that preserves basic compatibility with the original SysV + commands. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + verbs <command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> provide the same + functionality with some additional features.</para> + + <para>Note that on many SysV systems <command>halt</command> used to be synonymous to + <command>poweroff</command>, i.e. both commands would equally result in powering the machine off. systemd + is more accurate here, and <command>halt</command> results in halting the machine only (leaving power + on), and <command>poweroff</command> is required to actually power it off.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |