Reboot or power down from a program 1

[CaKiwi]

Can anyone tell me how to reboot or powerdown the system from a C program. I am running Mandrake 8.1 on a PC. CaKiwi

 

[bubak]

you can use system() to execute shutdown program. or grab the source for shutdown and look into it.
for powerdown (no just reboot) you must have a support in kernel.
bubo

 

[CaKiwi]

Thanks bubak, that should work fine. I have to get used to the open source world where I can look at the source of any program to find out how it works. CaKiwi