At 03:24 PM 5/9/98 +1000, franko wrote:
>Duh, just realised what a dumb question my last one was. Of course, Linux
>is running just fine. It's just waiting for a command from me and since I
>don't know any UNIX commands as yet, I don't know what to tell it to do.
>
>Ah well, fire up my web browser and point in the direction of Amazon.com.
>Anyone got any recommendations for a good basic UNIX book (preferably
>Linux specific and even more preferably Red Hat Linux specific).
>
>Until then...how do I close my Linux system down? Or can I just turn it off
>like the old DOS boxes?
>
NEVER EVER JUST SHUT OFF A UNIX BOX
You use the command :
shutdown -h now
This tells it to shut it down now, and halt the system.
Matt Soffen
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Boss - "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers."
Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX."
Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said
never mind."
- Dilbert -
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