BOOT (II) 7/29/72 BOOT (II)





BOOT (II)                    7/29/72                    BOOT (II)





NAME            boot -- reboot UNIX



SYNOPSIS        sys boot        / boot = 39. not in assembler



DESCRIPTION     UNIX will clean up outstanding I/O, and then exe-

                cute the reboot read-only program.  This call is

                restricted to the super-user.  All users will be

                logged out.



SEE ALSO        boot procedures (VII)



DIAGNOSTICS     the c-bit is set if you are not the super-user



BUGS            It often doesn't work (for unknown reasons).

                It depends on switch settings.
squoze.net
