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commandline shutdown (was Re: OS/2 Wishlist 94-01-07

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From: Rony.Flatscher
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 12:16
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In <2d2e3d54.5350415449414c@synapse.org>, evanc@synapse.org (Evan Champion) writes:
>
>OS/2 Wish List -- Last Updated: 94-01-06

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>SHUTDOWN UTILITY
>  There must be a utility to shutdown from the command line.  By default,
>  it should ask to confirm whether to shutdown the machine or not, but thre
>  should be a command line option to unconditionally shutdown.  In addition,
>  it should have the ability to reboot the machine automatically at the end
>  of a shutdown.  This could then be called by remote users (say, on a
>  network) who could reboot a troubled machine without having to go down to
>  the system.
>
>  Steve Martin (steve@dlomas.com)
>  Luca Regoli (mc0280@mclink.it)
>

There exists a command-line utility to shutdown and restart the PC from OS/2, 
try:

      setboot /b

To learn more about setboot, try: 

      help setboot

---rony
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Subject: commandline shutdown (was Re: OS/2 Wishlist 94-01-07
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