IriX64@FthrNtr ~ $ shutdown --help Usage: shutdown [OPTION]... time Bring the system down. -f, --force Forces the execution. -s, --shutdown The system will shutdown and power off (if supported) -r, --reboot The system will reboot. -h, --hibernate The system will suspend to disk (if supported) -p, --suspend The system will suspend to RAM (if supported) -a, --abort Aborts execution of formerly started shutdown. -x, --exitex Use ExitWindowsEx rather than InitateSystemShutdown. --help Display this help and exit. --version Output version information and exit. `time' is either the time in seconds or `+' and the time in minutes or a timestamp in the format `hh:mm' or the word "now" for an immediate action. To reboot is the default if started as `reboot', to hibernate if started as `hibernate', to suspend if started as `suspend', to shutdown otherwise. IriX64@FthrNtr ~ $