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d9343c5c | 25 | .TH REBOOT 2 2004-05-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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26 | .SH NAME |
27 | reboot \- reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del | |
28 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
29 | For libc4 and libc5 the library call and the system call are identical, | |
30 | and since kernel version 2.1.30 there are symbolic names | |
31 | LINUX_REBOOT_* for the constants and a fourth argument to the call: | |
32 | .sp | |
33 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
34 | .br | |
35 | .B #include <linux/reboot.h> | |
36 | .sp | |
37 | .BI "int reboot(int " magic ", int " magic2 ", int " flag ", void *" arg ); | |
38 | .sp | |
39 | Under glibc some of the constants involved have gotten symbolic names RB_*, | |
40 | and the library call is a 1-argument wrapper around the 3-argument | |
41 | system call: | |
42 | .sp | |
43 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
44 | .br | |
45 | .B #include <sys/reboot.h> | |
46 | .sp | |
47 | .BI "int reboot(int " flag ); | |
48 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
c13182ef | 49 | The |
e511ffb6 | 50 | .BR reboot () |
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51 | call reboots the system, or enables/disables the reboot keystroke |
52 | (abbreviated CAD, since the default is Ctrl-Alt-Delete; | |
53 | it can be changed using | |
54 | .BR loadkeys (1)). | |
55 | .PP | |
56 | This system call will fail (with EINVAL) unless | |
57 | .I magic | |
58 | equals LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 (that is, 0xfee1dead) and | |
59 | .I magic2 | |
60 | equals LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 (that is, 672274793). | |
61 | However, since 2.1.17 also LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A (that is, 85072278) | |
62 | and since 2.1.97 also LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B (that is, 369367448) | |
63 | and since 2.5.71 also LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2C (that is, 537993216) | |
64 | are permitted as value for | |
65 | .IR magic2 . | |
66 | (The hexadecimal values of these constants are meaningful.) | |
67 | The | |
68 | .I flag | |
69 | argument can have the following values: | |
70 | .TP | |
71 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART | |
72 | (RB_AUTOBOOT, 0x1234567). | |
73 | The message `Restarting system.' is printed, and a default | |
74 | restart is performed immediately. | |
75 | If not preceded by a | |
76 | .BR sync (2), | |
77 | data will be lost. | |
78 | .TP | |
79 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT | |
80 | (RB_HALT_SYSTEM, 0xcdef0123; since 1.1.76). | |
81 | The message `System halted.' is printed, and the system is halted. | |
82 | Control is given to the ROM monitor, if there is one. | |
83 | If not preceded by a | |
84 | .BR sync (2), | |
85 | data will be lost. | |
86 | .TP | |
87 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF | |
88 | (0x4321fedc; since 2.1.30). | |
89 | The message `Power down.' is printed, the system is stopped, | |
90 | and all power is removed from the system, if possible. | |
91 | If not preceded by a | |
92 | .BR sync (2), | |
93 | data will be lost. | |
94 | .TP | |
95 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2 | |
96 | (0xa1b2c3d4; since 2.1.30). | |
97 | The message `Restarting system with command '%s'' is printed, | |
98 | and a restart (using the command string given in | |
99 | .IR arg ) | |
100 | is performed immediately. | |
101 | If not preceded by a | |
102 | .BR sync (2), | |
103 | data will be lost. | |
104 | .TP | |
105 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_ON | |
106 | (RB_ENABLE_CAD, 0x89abcdef). | |
107 | CAD is enabled. | |
108 | This means that the CAD keystroke will immediately cause | |
99d2b7a2 | 109 | the action associated with LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART. |
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110 | .TP |
111 | .B LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_OFF | |
112 | (RB_DISABLE_CAD, 0). | |
113 | CAD is disabled. | |
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114 | This means that the CAD keystroke will cause a |
115 | .B SIGINT | |
116 | signal to be | |
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117 | sent to init (process 1), whereupon this process may decide upon a |
118 | proper action (maybe: kill all processes, sync, reboot). | |
119 | .LP | |
2c8d1c7d | 120 | Only the superuser may use this function. |
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121 | .LP |
122 | The precise effect of the above actions depends on the architecture. | |
123 | For the i386 architecture, the additional argument does not do | |
124 | anything at present (2.1.122), but the type of reboot can be | |
125 | determined by kernel command line arguments (`reboot=...') to be | |
126 | either warm or cold, and either hard or through the BIOS. | |
127 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" | |
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128 | On success, zero is returned. |
129 | On error, \-1 is returned, and | |
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130 | .I errno |
131 | is set appropriately. | |
132 | .SH ERRORS | |
133 | .TP | |
134 | .B EFAULT | |
135 | Problem with getting userspace data under LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2. | |
136 | .TP | |
137 | .B EINVAL | |
138 | Bad magic numbers or \fIflag\fP. | |
139 | .TP | |
140 | .B EPERM | |
c13182ef | 141 | The calling process has insufficient privilege to call |
e511ffb6 | 142 | .BR reboot (); |
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143 | the |
144 | .B CAP_SYS_BOOT | |
145 | capability is required. | |
146 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" | |
e511ffb6 | 147 | .BR reboot () |
c13182ef | 148 | is Linux specific, |
97c1eac8 | 149 | and should not be used in programs intended to be portable. |
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150 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
151 | .BR sync (2), | |
152 | .BR bootparam (7), | |
153 | .BR capabilities (7), | |
154 | .BR ctrlaltdel (8), | |
155 | .BR halt (8), | |
156 | .BR reboot (8) |