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1.1       root        1: .TH HALT 8 "11 May 1981"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: halt \- stop the processor
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/halt
                      7: [
                      8: .B \-n
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .B \-q
                     12: ]
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-y
                     15: ]
                     16: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     17: .I Halt
                     18: writes out sandbagged information to the disks and then stops
                     19: the processor.  The machine does not reboot, even if the auto-reboot
                     20: switch is set on the console.
                     21: .PP
                     22: The
                     23: .B \-n
                     24: option prevents the sync before stopping.  The
                     25: .B \-q
                     26: option causes a quick halt, no graceful shutdown is attempted.  The
                     27: .B \-y
                     28: option is needed if you are trying to halt the system from a dialup.
                     29: .SH SEE ALSO
                     30: reboot(8), shutdown(8)

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