cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSeriously, every time I gotta be out the door. Just let me shut you down.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down110
arrow-up1588arrow-down1imageSeriously, every time I gotta be out the door. Just let me shut you down.lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square194linkfedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoIt’s traditional, it used to be done that way on old systems. It was done for extra luck I suppose. Nowadays, shutdown syncs as a matter of fact, and filesystems are much less brittle.
minus-squareTrippaSnippa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe machine spirit gets upset if you don’t perform the correct shutdown rites. Praise the Omnissiah.
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoGotta make sure the FS cache syncs. Not too sure, hence the use of semicolons instead of double ampersands, but a moderately high level of sure.
minus-squareBartyDeCanter@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBefore Linux had a shutdown command, you’d run “sync && sync && sync” then hit the power button.
minus-squaredadarobot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agois that true? i guess it makes sense. you dont “shutdown” DOS
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHow long ago was that?? Like 30 years ago?
why?
It’s traditional, it used to be done that way on old systems. It was done for extra luck I suppose.
Nowadays, shutdown syncs as a matter of fact, and filesystems are much less brittle.
The machine spirit gets upset if you don’t perform the correct shutdown rites. Praise the Omnissiah.
Gotta make sure the FS cache syncs.
Not too sure, hence the use of semicolons instead of double ampersands, but a moderately high level of sure.
Before Linux had a shutdown command, you’d run “sync && sync && sync” then hit the power button.
is that true? i guess it makes sense. you dont “shutdown” DOS
How long ago was that?? Like 30 years ago?