On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 08:35:10AM -0700, M Sudhir wrote: > 1. what happens internally when the shutdown command is given like > what all the system does before power down? shutdown(8) ought to describe what happens on your distribution. What happens is very distribution specific. > 2. how can i store a /proc file to the disk after the shutdown command > is given? The shutdown(8) manpage ought to describe where you can do that. Many distributions automatically save the /dev/random state to a file on the hard drive, you can look for that in your /etc/* directory (grep -r will be your friend) and place your /proc file storage nearby. Cheers
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