[Bglug] Halt and poweroff

[LP]

" it is systemd correctly implementing the commands"

What does that mean about the commands we have been using ?
Is there a place to compare the commands ?




On 9 July 2016 at 16:31, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use to use "sudo shutdown", now it gives the response "use shutdown
> --help".
> "sudo poweroff" , works.
> How many other commands that I thought I knew have changed I wonder.
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> On 9 July 2016 at 11:44, Andrew Howlett <andrew at howlett.net> wrote:
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>> Hi guys
>>
>> I always use the halt command (sudo halt for ubuntu people) to turn off
>> my box. Recently I noticed that halt stops the linux kernel but won't turn
>> off the power. I thought maybe it's a ACPI problem. But no, actually it is
>> systemd correctly implementing the commands. Halt closes the system but
>> leaves it powered up. Poweroff or shutdown close and power off the system.
>>
>> Sent from my phone.
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