HALT

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: June 19, 1989
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NAME

halt - stop the processor  

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/halt [ -e ] [ -n ] [ -p ] [ -q ] [ -y ]  

DESCRIPTION

Halt flushes internal caches, ensures that all remaining disk writes have been completed, and then stops the processor. The machine doesn't reboot.

The -e option causes the optical drive to eject any disk contained in it. The -n option prevents the sync before stopping. The -p option causes the machine to be powered down after shutdown. -q option causes a quick halt, no graceful shutdown is attempted. The -y option is needed if you are trying to halt the system from a dialup.

Halt normally logs the shutdown using syslog(8) and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file /usr/adm/wtmp. These actions are inhibited if the -n or -q options are present.  

SEE ALSO

reboot(8), shutdown(8), syslogd(8)


 

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