linux man page for control-alt-delete

Query: control-alt-delete

OS: linux

Section: 7

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control-alt-delete(7)					 Miscellaneous Information Manual				     control-alt-delete(7)

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 con- sole. 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 shut- down(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) Upstart 2009-07-09 control-alt-delete(7)
Related Man Pages
started(7) - linux
init(8) - linux
started(7) - debian
started(7) - suse
started(7) - redhat
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