On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >According to the reboot(8) manual page:
> >     -p      Attempt to powerdown the system.  If the powerdown fails, or the
> >             system does not support software powerdown, the system will halt.
> >             This option is only valid for halt.
> >This reads as if 'halt -p' is the only way to power off the system. It's
> >what I use on my notebook (AST Ascentia 910N) and it works fine.
>
> 	shutdown -p actually works, so i would say it is issue with
> 	documentation.

Maybe it should say 'This option is only valid for halt and shutdown(8).',
although I'm not sure that's the best way to go, since the reboot(8)
manual page doesn't cover shutdown(8) at all...

Jared