proc_sysrq-trigger(5) File Formats Manual proc_sysrq-trigger(5)
NAME
/proc/sysrq-trigger - SysRq function
DESCRIPTION
/proc/sysrq-trigger (since Linux 2.4.21)
Writing a character to this file triggers the same SysRq function
as typing ALT-SysRq-<character> (see the description of
/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq). This file is normally writable only by
root. For further details see the Linux kernel source file Docu-
mentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst (or Documentation/sysrq.txt be-
fore Linux 4.10).
SEE ALSO
proc(5)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_sysrq-trigger(5)
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