That would depend upon OS. For example in windows the WinAPI function is ExitWindowsEx . In other systems its other. In DOS its quite simple as windows one and here an article on that. I dont know about any other.
vishesh
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You may use the system function!
That might work with *nix, but not MS-Windows.
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#include <dos.h>
system ("shutdown +a"); // to enable automatic shutdown
system ("shutdown -s -t 1"); //to shutdown in 1 second
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I just find it suspicious whenever someone shows up and their first post is "how do I reboot". This just screams "kiddie pest" to me.
Just so you know, there is no "any OS" answer to this.
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Generalization means Windows as he didn't mention a specific OS.
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