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7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
8
9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>halt</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>halt</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>halt</refname>
21 <refname>poweroff</refname>
22 <refname>reboot</refname>
23 <refpurpose>Halt, power-off or reboot the machine</refpurpose>
24 </refnamediv>
25
26 <refsynopsisdiv>
27 <cmdsynopsis>
28 <command>halt</command>
29 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
30 </cmdsynopsis>
31 <cmdsynopsis>
32 <command>poweroff</command>
33 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
34 </cmdsynopsis>
35 <cmdsynopsis>
36 <command>reboot</command>
37 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
38 </cmdsynopsis>
39 </refsynopsisdiv>
40
41 <refsect1>
42 <title>Description</title>
43
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44 <para><command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> may be used to
45 halt, power-off, or reboot the machine. All three commands take the same options.</para>
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46
47 </refsect1>
48
49 <refsect1>
50 <title>Options</title>
51
52 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
53
54 <variablelist>
55 <varlistentry>
56 <term><option>--help</option></term>
57
58 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help-text" />
59 </varlistentry>
60
61 <varlistentry>
62 <term><option>--halt</option></term>
63
64 <listitem><para>Halt the machine, regardless of which one of
65 the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
66 </varlistentry>
67
68 <varlistentry>
69 <term><option>-p</option></term>
70 <term><option>--poweroff</option></term>
71
72 <listitem><para>Power-off the machine, regardless of which one
73 of the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
74 </varlistentry>
75
76 <varlistentry>
77 <term><option>--reboot</option></term>
78
79 <listitem><para>Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of
80 the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 <varlistentry>
84 <term><option>-f</option></term>
85 <term><option>--force</option></term>
86
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87 <listitem><para>Force immediate halt, power-off, or reboot. When
88 specified once, this results in an immediate but clean shutdown
89 by the system manager. When specified twice, this results in an
90 immediate shutdown without contacting the system manager. See the
91 description of <option>--force</option> in
92 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
93 for more details.</para></listitem>
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94 </varlistentry>
95
96 <varlistentry>
97 <term><option>-w</option></term>
98 <term><option>--wtmp-only</option></term>
99
100 <listitem><para>Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not
101 actually halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103
104 <varlistentry>
105 <term><option>-d</option></term>
106 <term><option>--no-wtmp</option></term>
107
108 <listitem><para>Do not write wtmp shutdown
109 entry.</para></listitem>
110 </varlistentry>
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112 <varlistentry>
113 <term><option>-n</option></term>
114 <term><option>--no-sync</option></term>
115
116 <listitem><para>Don't sync hard disks/storage media before
117 halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
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119
120 <varlistentry>
121 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
122
123 <listitem><para>Do not send wall message before halt,
124 power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
125 </varlistentry>
126 </variablelist>
127 </refsect1>
128
129 <refsect1>
130 <title>Exit status</title>
131
132 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
133 otherwise.</para>
134 </refsect1>
135
136 <refsect1>
137 <title>Notes</title>
138
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139 <para>These commands are implemented in a way that preserves basic compatibility with the original SysV
140 commands. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
141 verbs <command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command> provide the same
142 functionality with some additional features.</para>
143
144 <para>Note that on many SysV systems <command>halt</command> used to be synonymous to
145 <command>poweroff</command>, i.e. both commands would equally result in powering the machine off. systemd
146 is more accurate here, and <command>halt</command> results in halting the machine only (leaving power
147 on), and <command>poweroff</command> is required to actually power it off.</para>
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148 </refsect1>
149
150 <refsect1>
151 <title>See Also</title>
152 <para>
153 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
154 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
155 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
156 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
157 </para>
158 </refsect1>
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160</refentry>