source: trunk/minix/man/man8/halt.8@ 22

Last change on this file since 22 was 9, checked in by Mattia Monga, 14 years ago

Minix 3.1.2a

File size: 757 bytes
Line 
1.TH HALT 8
2.SH NAME
3halt \- abruptly stop the system
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBhalt\fP [\fB\-f\fP]
6.SH DESCRIPTION
7.B Halt
8stops the system almost immediately. The users are not informed about
9the things to come.
10.B Halt
11is logged in
12.B /usr/adm/wtmp
13and in
14.BR /usr/adm/log ,
15if these files exist.
16.B Halt
17should only be run by the super-user, any other caller will be refused.
18.PP
19.B Halt
20is a rather rude program.
21.BR Shutdown (8)
22is preferred for it performs a more gentle halt routine.
23.PP
24.B Halt \-f
25is even worse, it omits the terminate signals that are normally
26sent first to all processes to give them a chance to die peacefully.
27.SH "SEE ALSO"
28.BR reboot (2),
29.BR shutdown (8),
30.BR reboot (8),
31.BR boot (8).
32.SH AUTHOR
33Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)
Note: See TracBrowser for help on using the repository browser.