NAME

halt − stop the processor

SYNOPSIS

/etc/halt [ −n ] [ −q ] [ −y ] [ −x ]

DESCRIPTION

Halt writes out sandbagged information to the disks and then stops the processor. 

The −n option prevents the sync before stopping.  The −q option causes a quick halt, no graceful shutdown is attempted.  The −y option is needed if you are trying to halt the system from a dialup.  The −x option causes entire system powr-off. 

Halt normally logs the shutdown using syslog(8) and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file /usr/adm/wtmp. These actions are inhibited if the −n or −q options are present. 

SEE ALSO

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

NEWS-OSRelease 3.3