control-alt-delete
Section: Environments, Tables, and Troff Macros (7)
Updated: 2009-07-09
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NAME
control-alt-delete - event signalling console press of Control-Alt-Delete
SYNOPSIS
control-alt-delete
[ENV]...
DESCRIPTION
The
control-alt-delete
event is generated by the Upstart
init(8)
daemon when the Control-Alt-Delete key combination is pressed on the
console.
Typically this combination is used to safely reboot the machine.
In the default Upstart configuration handling of this event is provided
by the
/etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf
task which runs the
shutdown(8)
tool.
EXAMPLE
A task to be run on Control-Alt-Delete might use:
-
start on control-alt-delete
SEE ALSO
keyboard-request(7)
init(8)
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