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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)halt.8      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/24/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH HALT 8 "May 24, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: halt \- stop the processor
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/halt
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-n
        !            15: ]
        !            16: [
        !            17: .B \-q
        !            18: ]
        !            19: [
        !            20: .B \-y
        !            21: ]
        !            22: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            23: .I Halt
        !            24: writes out sandbagged information to the disks and then stops
        !            25: the processor.  The machine does not reboot, even if the auto-reboot
        !            26: switch is set on the console.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The
        !            29: .B \-n
        !            30: option prevents the sync before stopping.  The
        !            31: .B \-q
        !            32: option causes a quick halt, no graceful shutdown is attempted.  The
        !            33: .B \-y
        !            34: option is needed if you are trying to halt the system from a dialup.
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: .I Halt
        !            37: normally logs the shutdown using
        !            38: .IR syslog (8)
        !            39: and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file
        !            40: /usr/adm/wtmp.
        !            41: These actions are inhibited if the
        !            42: .B \-n
        !            43: or
        !            44: .B \-q
        !            45: options are present.
        !            46: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            47: reboot(8), shutdown(8), syslogd(8)
        !            48: .SH BUGS
        !            49: It is very difficult to halt a VAX, as the machine wants to then
        !            50: reboot itself.  A rather tight loop suffices.

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