Hi,
is there a difference between
shutdown -F
and
shutdown -h now
?
Hi.
Yes.
-F means "fast" (be it reboot (-r) or halt (-h)).
-h means halt normally.
Using "now" doesn't make it go any faster.
"now" foregoes the usual 60-second delay between the issuing of the "shutdown"-command the the shutdown-process itself.
"-F" affects the process itself. Some things done during a normal shutdown are omitted. From the man page:
In all practical respects "-F" doesn't gain anything, because you won't hardly notice the difference (some mere seconds), while "now" will gain you 60 seconds in the case you don't use "-F", which will effectively ignore all time options.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
now doesn't make the shutdown itself go any faster, I meant (notwithstanding the 60 second delay), but thank you for adding that.
Cheers.