action requires restart

This command will place the action in a Pending Restart state until the computer is restarted.

If the optional name is specified, then the pending restart inspector will report that name requires a restart.

Version Platforms
8.0.584.0 AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0 Debian, Ubuntu

Syntax

action requires restart [name]

Examples

Require a restart before the action is reported as completed.

run patch.exe
action requires restart "my-awesome-patch"

After running this, the action will be in a Pending Restart state and the following relevance will return True:

pending restart "my-awesome-patch"