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| 1 | .TH HALT 8
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | halt \- abruptly stop the system
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBhalt\fP [\fB\-f\fP]
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| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 7 | .B Halt
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| 8 | stops the system almost immediately. The users are not informed about
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| 9 | the things to come.
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| 10 | .B Halt
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| 11 | is logged in
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| 12 | .B /usr/adm/wtmp
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| 13 | and in
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| 14 | .BR /usr/adm/log ,
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| 15 | if these files exist.
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| 16 | .B Halt
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| 17 | should only be run by the super-user, any other caller will be refused.
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| 18 | .PP
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| 19 | .B Halt
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| 20 | is a rather rude program.
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| 21 | .BR Shutdown (8)
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| 22 | is preferred for it performs a more gentle halt routine.
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| 23 | .PP
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| 24 | .B Halt \-f
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| 25 | is even worse, it omits the terminate signals that are normally
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| 26 | sent first to all processes to give them a chance to die peacefully.
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| 27 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 28 | .BR reboot (2),
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| 29 | .BR shutdown (8),
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| 30 | .BR reboot (8),
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| 31 | .BR boot (8).
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| 32 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 33 | Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)
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