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/authlog, 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 peace-
fully.
SEE ALSO
reboot(2), shutdown(8), reboot(8), boot(8).
AUTHOR
Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)
HALT(8)
