NAME

halt − stop the processor

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/halt [ −nqy ]

DESCRIPTION

halt writes out any information pending to the disks and then stops the processor. 

halt normally logs the system shutdown to the system log daemon, syslogd(8), and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file /var/adm/wtmp.  These actions are inhibited if the −n or −q options are present. 

OPTIONS

−n Prevent the sync before stopping. 

−q Do a quick halt. No graceful shutdown is attempted. 

−y Halt the system, even from a dialup terminal. 

FILES

/var/adm/wtmp login accounting file

SEE ALSO

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

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  9 September 1987