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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:15:21 +0100
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On 18/04/2025 08:53, Andy Burns wrote:
> Eli the Bearded wrote:
> 
>> I've been using Linux since about the same time as you, but Unix before
>> then. I have systems with and without systemd and there are pluses and
>> minuses.
> 
> I don't remember if I ever used  sync; sync; halt
> 
> on linux, but certainly on older *nixes

It is reasonably dirty, but I have used it many times
You don't get file system corruption, but databases will not be 
guaranteed to be happy.


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