In the following example, the shutdown command is used to bring a SPARC system to run level 0 in 5 minutes without requiring additional confirmation.
# who kryten console May 7 08:28 rimmer pts/1 May 7 08:29 (starbug) pmorph pts/2 May 7 08:30 (bluemidget) Send mail message to logged-in users # shutdown -i0 -g300 -y Shutdown started. Wed May 7 09:49:01 PDT 1997 Broadcast Message from root (console) on pluto Wed May 7 09:46:58 The system will be shut down in 3 minutes . . . INIT: New run level: 0 The system is coming down. Please wait. . . . The system is down. syncing file systems... [11] [9] [5] done Program terminated Type help for more information ok |
See "How to Turn Off Power to All Devices" if you are bringing the system to run level 0 to turn off power to all devices.