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I recently saw a comment that the advice `sync;sync;halt` is actually wrong and the correct one was: sync sync halt typed out manually, to give enoug

• oilbagz 6y ago
  Should be: $ sync && sync && sync && halt BTW, the 'sync;sync;sync' thing was a necessary command given, mosty during the late 70's and early 80's, to park the tape head. Unix didn't have a 'rewind tape' command, so many manufacturers instead decided that three rapid syncs in a row meant 'rewind tape'. Disclaimer: had that muscle memory burned into me for decades, I still do it ...
• klyrs 6y ago
  To be perfectly honest, I inserted the semicolons because I wanted it to make at least a little sense... I wasn't paying close enough attention to the old-timer reminiscing to recall his precise keystrokes. But thanks for the link!