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The reboot command appears to work differently depending on the distribution.

For example on Ubuntu/Debian and CentOS it shuts down services first while on Arch Linux it reboots immediately (at least with my setup).

Is it always safe to use reboot?

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  • Since reboot in Arch Linux is actually systemctl, I strongly doubt it doesn't stop services.
    – muru
    Aug 23, 2017 at 11:34
  • @muru so that means it's always safe to use? If I sudo reboot on Arch I see the boot screen in ~0 secs.
    – laktak
    Aug 23, 2017 at 11:36
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    If in doubt, just use init 6.
    – M_dk
    Aug 23, 2017 at 11:41
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    @laktak I see it in a couple of seconds, but usually faster than in, say Ubuntu. It depends on what you run and what you're running it on.
    – muru
    Aug 23, 2017 at 11:43
  • As far as I understand, the safest command should be shutdown -r. Could someone confirm that?
    – a.j. tawleed
    Sep 17, 2017 at 11:09

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I found a very good explanation here

The BSD halt and reboot commands were low-level, drastic, and immediate. The considerate way to shut down a BSD system was the shutdown command, which did all of the things that one expects to happen: wall messages to users, services gracefully killed, log entries written, logins disabled, and so forth.

It also explains that on the systemd toolset it always shuts down services first like @muru mentioned.

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    Yeah, I do remember fairly well the first time I issued an halt in a Solaris server... catastrophic.
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    Aug 23, 2017 at 17:51

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