REBOOT(8)REBOOT(8)NAME
reboot, halt, poweroff, hibernate, suspend - reboot, stop or suspend
the system.
SYNOPSISreboot [options]
halt [options]
poweroff [options]
hibernate [options]
suspend [options]
DESCRIPTION
These programs allow the user to reboot, halt, poweroff, hibernate or
suspend the system.
They are aliases for shutdown --reboot now, shutdown --halt now, shut‐
down --hibernate now and shutdown --suspend now.
OPTIONS-f, --force
Forces the execution. This can cause applications to lose data.
-x, --exitex
Use ExitWindowsEx rather than InitiateSystemShutdownEx.
--help Display a help text and exit.
--version
Display version information and exit.
AUTHORSreboot was written by Corinna Vinschen and Frank Fesevur.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005-2013 Corinna Vinschen, Frank Fesevur. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSOshutdown(8)REPORTING BUGS
Please send bug reports to ⟨cygwin@cygwin.com⟩
June 2013 REBOOT(8)