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home | helpHALT(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) HALT(8)
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