.TH control-alt-delete 7 2009-07-09 "Upstart"
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.SH NAME
control-alt-delete \- event signalling console press of Control-Alt-Delete
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B control-alt-delete
.RI [ ENV ]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B control-alt-delete
event is generated by the Upstart
.BR 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
.I /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf
task which runs the
.BR shutdown (8)
tool.
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.SH EXAMPLE
A task to be run on Control-Alt-Delete might use:

.RS
.nf
start on control-alt-delete
.fi
.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR keyboard-request (7)
.BR init (8)