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     REBOOT(2)                                               REBOOT(2)

     NAME
          reboot - reboot system or halt processor

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <sys/reboot.h>

          reboot(how)
          int how;

     DESCRIPTION
          Reboot reboots or halts the system.  Various options are
          specified in how:

          RB_PANIC  Cause a crash dump to be written.

          RB_NOSYNC Don't finish pending disk writes (a la sync(2)).

          RB_HALT   Don't reboot; leave the processor in a tight loop
                    with interrupts disabled.

          RB_SINGLE Reboot single-user.

          RB_ASKNAME
                    Arrange for the boot program to ask the name of
                    the system to be booted.

          By default, disk writes are finished, and the system is
          rebooted multi-user from /unix on unit 0 of the root device.

     SEE ALSO
          crash(8), init(8), reboot(8)

     BUGS
          Of dubious utility; it's better just to use the console.
          Most of the flags are silly.