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- NAME
- reboot - create file(s) and reboot utility
-
- SYNTAX
- reboot [ [/ | -] fc ] [ file ... ]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- REBOOT creates specified zero length file(s) and performs a reboot.
-
- The purpose is to allow conditional jumps in AUTOEXEC.BAT based on
- the existence of the files. For example, if the following code is
- in AUTOEXEC.BAT:
-
- IF EXIST CLEAN GOTO NORES
- :
- DEL CLEAN
- :
- : invoke resident programs here
- :
- :NORES
-
- and the user entered "reboot c:\clean", the system would boot without
- loading the resident programs.
-
- The list of files may be specified on the command line (the filenames
- are to be separated by spaces). If no files are specified on the
- command line, the environment variable "REBOOT" is examined for the
- list of files (again space separated). If neither the command line nor
- the environment specifies the list of files, a default filename "C:\CLEAN"
- is used.
-
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
- /f or -f Create NO files prior to the reboot.
-
- /c or -c Perform a COLD reboot. The default is a WARM reboot, as if
- the user had entered CNTL-ALT-DEL. A COLD reboot is as if the system
- has just been powered up or the reset switch used (for you IBM'ers,
- that's the big red switch on the right side of the computer :-).
-
- RESTRICTIONS
- The command line options may not be included in the environment variable
- REBOOT.
-
- When using SET to define REBOOT, take care NOT to include spaces around
- the equal sign. For example:
-
- SET REBOOT=C:\FOO C:\BAR
-
- is valid, however:
-
- SET REBOOT = C:\FOO C:\BAR
-
- sets a variable named "REBOOT " instead of the expected "REBOOT" and
- the first file name will be taken as " C:\FOO" instead of the expected
- "C:\FOO".