NAME

     reboot - reboot the system immediately


SYNOPSIS

     reboot [-f]


DESCRIPTION

     Reboot can be used to reboot the system after  installing  a
     new kernel.  It does not inform the users, but does log it's
     actions in /usr/adm/wtmp and /usr/adm/log.   The  system  is
     then rebooted with the reboot(2) systemcall.

     If the -f flag is not given then all processes are sent ter-
     minate  signals  to  give  them  a  chance to die peacefully
     before the reboot() call.

     If the wtmp file exists, reboot logs itself as if it were  a
     shutdown.   This  is  done  to  prevent last(1) from talking
     about system-crashes.  Reboot is registered as is in the log
     file.

     Reboot can only be executed by the  super-user.   Any  other
     caller will be refused, either by reboot(8) or by reboot(2).


SEE ALSO

     reboot(2), shutdown(8), halt(8), boot(8).


BUGS

     The error message's given by reboot are not  always  useful.
     There  are several routines that can fail, but which are not
     fatal for the program.


AUTHOR

     Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)