On 25 Mar 1998 07:49:01 -0500 
 rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu (Robert V. Baron) wrote:

 > It would also be nice to have a command that tries to sync the disks,
 > before you halt and/or reboot.

If you use the normal "reboot" mechanism, it does indeed attempt to
do this.

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