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So rare to see ppl writing about sync. sync;sync;halt was once a legit way to shut down ;)
by kjellsbells 4y ago
So rare to see ppl writing about sync.
sync;sync;halt was once a legit way to shut down ;)
- aldrich 4y agoOr maybe three times sync;sync;sync just to make sure :)
- znpy 4y agoI know of a company whose sysadmins still put sync;sync;sync in the scripts they deploy on customers’ machines… just because “you never know”.
- ericbarrett 4y agoDon't forget to park the hard drive heads!
- PcChip 4y ago
- yencabulator 4y agoThere was a time when the sync CLI exited before the work was done, so you actually didn't want sync;sync;halt, typing it as separate commands gave it the right amount of time to complete.