Is there a POSIX way to shutdown a UNIX machine?
I am searching for a POSIX command to shutdown a machine.
Is there a POSIX acceptable way to do this?
The commands I use to do this are not POSIX compatible (e.g., shutdown, reboot, halt or poweroff).
Systemd introduced systemctl to do this, but I am pretty sure that this is not POSIX, either.
posix shutdown
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I am searching for a POSIX command to shutdown a machine.
Is there a POSIX acceptable way to do this?
The commands I use to do this are not POSIX compatible (e.g., shutdown, reboot, halt or poweroff).
Systemd introduced systemctl to do this, but I am pretty sure that this is not POSIX, either.
posix shutdown
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asked Mar 19 at 18:56
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Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not eventelinit 0qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28
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I am searching for a POSIX command to shutdown a machine.
Is there a POSIX acceptable way to do this?
The commands I use to do this are not POSIX compatible (e.g., shutdown, reboot, halt or poweroff).
Systemd introduced systemctl to do this, but I am pretty sure that this is not POSIX, either.
posix shutdown
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
I am searching for a POSIX command to shutdown a machine.
Is there a POSIX acceptable way to do this?
The commands I use to do this are not POSIX compatible (e.g., shutdown, reboot, halt or poweroff).
Systemd introduced systemctl to do this, but I am pretty sure that this is not POSIX, either.
posix shutdown
posix shutdown
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
edited Mar 20 at 0:12
K7AAY
762825
762825
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
asked Mar 19 at 18:56
Luciano Andress MartiniLuciano Andress Martini
4,0951136
4,0951136
1
Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not eventelinit 0qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28
add a comment |
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Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not eventelinit 0qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.
– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28
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Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not even
telinit 0 qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28
Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not even
telinit 0 qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28
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No, POSIX does not care about the shutting down or rebooting of a Unix system, nor about how services are started at boot.
The following areas are outside of the scope of POSIX.1-2017:
Graphics interfaces
Database management system interfaces
Record I/O considerations
Object or binary code portability
System configuration and resource availability
POSIX.1-2017 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to application developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.
(from the Introduction section of the POSIX Base Definitions)
The shutdown command would fall into the "System configuration and resource availability" category, and it's not a tool that is important to application developers.
The full POSIX standard is available online.
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
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Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
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A review of the list of all POSIX commands beginning on page 4, shows no equivalent to halt or shutdown.
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No, POSIX does not care about the shutting down or rebooting of a Unix system, nor about how services are started at boot.
The following areas are outside of the scope of POSIX.1-2017:
Graphics interfaces
Database management system interfaces
Record I/O considerations
Object or binary code portability
System configuration and resource availability
POSIX.1-2017 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to application developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.
(from the Introduction section of the POSIX Base Definitions)
The shutdown command would fall into the "System configuration and resource availability" category, and it's not a tool that is important to application developers.
The full POSIX standard is available online.
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
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Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
add a comment |
No, POSIX does not care about the shutting down or rebooting of a Unix system, nor about how services are started at boot.
The following areas are outside of the scope of POSIX.1-2017:
Graphics interfaces
Database management system interfaces
Record I/O considerations
Object or binary code portability
System configuration and resource availability
POSIX.1-2017 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to application developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.
(from the Introduction section of the POSIX Base Definitions)
The shutdown command would fall into the "System configuration and resource availability" category, and it's not a tool that is important to application developers.
The full POSIX standard is available online.
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
1
Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
add a comment |
No, POSIX does not care about the shutting down or rebooting of a Unix system, nor about how services are started at boot.
The following areas are outside of the scope of POSIX.1-2017:
Graphics interfaces
Database management system interfaces
Record I/O considerations
Object or binary code portability
System configuration and resource availability
POSIX.1-2017 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to application developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.
(from the Introduction section of the POSIX Base Definitions)
The shutdown command would fall into the "System configuration and resource availability" category, and it's not a tool that is important to application developers.
The full POSIX standard is available online.
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
No, POSIX does not care about the shutting down or rebooting of a Unix system, nor about how services are started at boot.
The following areas are outside of the scope of POSIX.1-2017:
Graphics interfaces
Database management system interfaces
Record I/O considerations
Object or binary code portability
System configuration and resource availability
POSIX.1-2017 describes the external characteristics and facilities that are of importance to application developers, rather than the internal construction techniques employed to achieve these capabilities. Special emphasis is placed on those functions and facilities that are needed in a wide variety of commercial applications.
(from the Introduction section of the POSIX Base Definitions)
The shutdown command would fall into the "System configuration and resource availability" category, and it's not a tool that is important to application developers.
The full POSIX standard is available online.
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
answered Mar 19 at 22:46
KusalanandaKusalananda
137k17258426
137k17258426
1
Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
add a comment |
1
Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
1
1
Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
Probably because developers do never sleep, but there is 'vi' on the list, important for developers writing code or maybe for doing text processing? That is a very strange way to think. Because some scripts maybe need to reboot or shutdown in a standard way, I am exacltly having this issue writing code for a appliance menu that runs under linux and needs to shutdown. (Shell Script)
– Luciano Andress Martini
2 days ago
add a comment |
A review of the list of all POSIX commands beginning on page 4, shows no equivalent to halt or shutdown.
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A review of the list of all POSIX commands beginning on page 4, shows no equivalent to halt or shutdown.
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A review of the list of all POSIX commands beginning on page 4, shows no equivalent to halt or shutdown.
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A review of the list of all POSIX commands beginning on page 4, shows no equivalent to halt or shutdown.
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Looking at unix.stackexchange.com/q/231989/3929, not even
telinit 0qualifies, which would be my "best" bet.– Ulrich Schwarz
Mar 19 at 20:28