docs/129765: man 8 shutdown does not explain operation without command-line options
Ben C. O. Grimm
freebsd at bengrimm.net
Fri Dec 19 17:00:07 UTC 2008
>Number: 129765
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: man 8 shutdown does not explain operation without command-line options
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 19 17:00:02 UTC 2008
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>Originator: Ben C. O. Grimm
>Release: 7.1-PRERELEASE
>Organization:
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>Environment:
FreeBSD hail.bengrimm.net 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Dec 1 17:04:32 CET 2008 root at hail.bengrimm.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAIL i386
>Description:
The manual for shutdown(8) describes how the command behaves using command-line options like -h or -p, but not the behavior when omitting these options, like in 'shutdown now'.
There is a brief mention of 'bringing the system down to single-user state' (which is what 'shutdown now' actually does), but it is not explained.
See how this might confuse users: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=6273
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Add a one-liner to the manual about the effect of not using command-line switches in the shutdown command.
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