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| @@ -107,11 +107,12 @@ sh(1), but I could not find the time. However, shutting down my pc earlier | |||
| 107 | today inspired me to write this short blog entry. | 107 | today inspired me to write this short blog entry. |
| 108 | 108 | ||
| 109 | `shutdown` is an interesting command. It seems like it should be | 109 | `shutdown` is an interesting command. It seems like it should be |
| 110 | straightforward: "computer, please shut down". But the syntax for this | 110 | straightforward: "computer, please shut down". But the syntax for |
| 111 | simple instruction is quite complicated, and it offers us many more option | 111 | this simple instruction is quite complicated, and it offers us many |
| 112 | than we would ever want to use, at least in the 21st century. Moreover, as | 112 | more options than we would ever want to use, at least in the 21st |
| 113 | indicated by the `#` instead of the `$` in the last command, one needs | 113 | century. Moreover, as indicated by the `#` instead of the `$` in |
| 114 | superuser privileges to shut down a classic UNIX system. | 114 | the last command, one needs superuser privileges to shut down a |
| 115 | classic UNIX system. | ||
| 115 | 116 | ||
| 116 | This is because, in the time of mainframes, *shutting down* was not such a | 117 | This is because, in the time of mainframes, *shutting down* was not such a |
| 117 | simple operation: multiple users might have been connected to the main | 118 | simple operation: multiple users might have been connected to the main |
