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

NAME
       shutdown - graciously close the system down

SYNOPSIS
       shutdown [-hrRmkpd] [time-specification [message]]

DESCRIPTION
       Shutdown  is a program which allows a system operator to close down the
       system in an nice way.  Shutdown informs the users  why  and  when  the
       system  is  going  down.   This  warning  is  issued  10 minutes before
       shutdown time and every minute in the last 5 minutes.  At this time  (5
       minutes),  shutdown  creates  a  file /etc/nologin to prevent new users
       from logging in.

       Shutdown keeps a logfile of shutdowns.  Every shutdown is registered in
       /usr/adm/wtmp,   if   this   file   exists,  and  by  syslog(3)  (level
       auth.notice).  After these actions, a call is done to  reboot(2)  which
       actually brings the system down.

       Time-specification  may be something like 15:00, 15.00, +15, or now for
       a shutdown at 3pm (twice), 15 minutes from now, or immediately.

       The message may be used to describe why the system is  going  down,  it
       may also be typed on standard input with the -m option.

OPTIONS
       -h     This flag prevents the system from rebooting after the shutdown.
              The system can now be powered off.  This is the default.

       -r     This flag indicates that the system should reboot after shutting
              down.

       -R     Reboot  the  system  by  resetting  it.  With -R the system will
              receive a hardware reset.

       -p     Attempt to power off the machine after shutting down;  reset  if
              that is not possible on the current hardware.

       -d     Default CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdown.

       -m     Allows  the  operator  to  type  a  shutdown message on standard
              input, that will be added  to  the  messages  displayed  on  all
              terminals.

       -k     This  option  gives  the  possibility  of terminating an already
              started shutdown.  This is only possible if  shutdown  time  has
              not yet arrived.

       -C     Check  if  the  system  crashed.   This  option  is  not used at
              shutdown time, but at reboot time.  It tells if the file systems
              should  be checked by testing if the last entry in the wtmp file
              is a shutdown entry.  (A crude replacement  for  a  file  system
              clean flag.)

SEE ALSO
       reboot(2), syslog(3), halt(8), boot(8).

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

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