Name
reboot
Synopsis
reboot [options]System administration command. Close out filesystems, shut down the system, then reboot. Because this command immediately stops all processes, it should be run only in single-user mode. If the system is not in runlevel 0 or 6, reboot calls shutdown -r.
Options
- -d
Suppress writing to /var/log/wtmp.
- -f
Call reboot even when shutdown would normally be called.
- -i
Shut down network interfaces before reboot.
- -n
Suppress normal call to sync.
- -w
Suppress normal execution; simply write to /var/log/wtmp.
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