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shutdown -r 10 "system reboot; logout now"

Will reboot the system in 10 minutes. The message in quotes will be sent 
to all logged in users once every minute. When the time is under a 
minute remaining, the message will be sent every few seconds.

Jimmy Oliver wrote:
> Which is the preferred way to reboot a linux box?  I have always used  
> init 6.  The box in question is a RHEL 3 install.  My understanding  
> of the RedHat init scripts was that shutdown just called init 6  
> anyway.  Can someone give the preferred method, and detail the  
> differences between the 3?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Jimmy
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