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HALT(8)                     System Manager's Manual                    HALT(8)

NAME
       halt - abruptly stop the system

SYNOPSIS
       halt [-f]

DESCRIPTION
       Halt  stops  the system almost immediately.  The users are not informed
       about the things to come.  Halt  is  logged  in  /usr/adm/wtmp  and  in
       /usr/adm/log,  if  these  files  exist.  Halt should only be run by the
       super-user, any other caller will be refused.

       Halt is a  rather  rude  program.   Shutdown(8)  is  preferred  for  it
       performs a more gentle halt routine.

       Halt -f is even worse, it omits the terminate signals that are normally
       sent first to all processes to give them a chance to die peacefully.

SEE ALSO
       reboot(2), shutdown(8), reboot(8), boot(8).

AUTHOR
       Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)

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