Is there a C++ function to turn off the computer?

Question

Is there a C++ function to turn off the computer? And since I doubt there is one (in the standard library, at least), what's the windows function that I can call from C++?

Basically, what is the code to turn off a windows xp computer in c++?

Answer 1

On windows you can use the ExitWindows function described here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376868(VS.85).aspx

and here's a link to example code that does this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376871(VS.85).aspx

Answer 2

You can do this in Windows, by calling the ExitWindowsEx function.

Answer 3

Use the following, assuming you have the privileges):

ExitWindowsEx (EWX_POWEROFF | EWX_FORCEIFHUNG,
    SHTDN_REASON_MINOR_OTHER);

This will cause power off while giving applications a chance to shut down (if they take too long, they'll be terminated anyway).

It's part of the Win32 API rather than standard C++ but that's because C++ provides no way to do this directly.

Answer 4

You can shutdown by utilizing the system() function.

for Windows

system("shutdown -s");

for Linux

system("poweroff");

or

system("init 0");