How to restart Linux from inside a C++ program?

Question

I have a Qt 4 GUI where I need to have a option in a drop-down menu that allows the user to choose to restart the computer. I realize this might seem redunant with the ability t

Answer 1

The reboot function is described in the Linux Programmer's Manual. Under glibc, you can pass the RB_AUTOBOOT macro constant to perform the reboot.

Note that if reboot is not preceded by a call to sync, data may be lost.

Using glibc in Linux:

#include 
#include 

sync();
reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);