man/halt.xml

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  24 <refentry id="halt">
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>halt</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>halt</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>halt</refname>
  47                 <refname>poweroff</refname>
  48                 <refname>reboot</refname>
  49                 <refpurpose>Halt, power-off or reboot the machine</refpurpose>
  50         </refnamediv>
  51
  52         <refsynopsisdiv>
  53                 <cmdsynopsis>
  54                         <command>halt <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
  55                 </cmdsynopsis>
  56                 <cmdsynopsis>
  57                         <command>poweroff <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
  58                 </cmdsynopsis>
  59                 <cmdsynopsis>
  60                         <command>reboot <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
  61                 </cmdsynopsis>
  62         </refsynopsisdiv>
  63
  64         <refsect1>
  65                 <title>Description</title>
  66
  67                 <para><command>halt</command>,
  68                 <command>poweroff</command>, <command>reboot</command>
  69                 may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the
  70                 machine.</para>
  71
  72         </refsect1>
  73
  74         <refsect1>
  75                 <title>Options</title>
  76
  77                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  78
  79                 <variablelist>
  80                         <varlistentry>
  81                                 <term><option>--help</option></term>
  82
  83                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
  84                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
  85                         </varlistentry>
  86
  87                         <varlistentry>
  88                                 <term><option>--halt</option></term>
  89
  90                                 <listitem><para>Halt the machine,
  91                                 regardless which one of the three
  92                                 commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
  93                         </varlistentry>
  94
  95                         <varlistentry>
  96                                 <term><option>-p</option></term>
  97                                 <term><option>--poweroff</option></term>
  98
  99                                 <listitem><para>Power-off the machine,
 100                                 regardless which one of the three
 101                                 commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
 102                         </varlistentry>
 103
 104                         <varlistentry>
 105                                 <term><option>--reboot</option></term>
 106
 107                                 <listitem><para>Reboot the machine,
 108                                 regardless which one of the three
 109                                 commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
 110                         </varlistentry>
 111
 112                         <varlistentry>
 113                                 <term><option>-f</option></term>
 114                                 <term><option>--force</option></term>
 115
 116                                 <listitem><para>Force immediate halt,
 117                                 power-off, reboot. Don't contact the
 118                                 init system.</para></listitem>
 119                         </varlistentry>
 120
 121                         <varlistentry>
 122                                 <term><option>-w</option></term>
 123                                 <term><option>--wtmp-only</option></term>
 124
 125                                 <listitem><para>Only write wtmp
 126                                 shutdown entry, don't actually halt,
 127                                 power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
 128                         </varlistentry>
 129
 130                         <varlistentry>
 131                                 <term><option>-d</option></term>
 132                                 <term><option>--no-wtmp</option></term>
 133
 134                                 <listitem><para>Don't write wtmp
 135                                 shutdown entry.</para></listitem>
 136                         </varlistentry>
 137
 138                         <varlistentry>
 139                                 <term><option>-n</option></term>
 140                                 <term><option>--no-sync</option></term>
 141
 142                                 <listitem><para>Don't sync hard disks/storage media before
 143                                 halt, power-off,
 144                                 reboot.</para></listitem>
 145                         </varlistentry>
 146
 147                         <varlistentry>
 148                                 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
 149
 150                                 <listitem><para>Don't send wall
 151                                 message before
 152                                 halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
 153                         </varlistentry>
 154                 </variablelist>
 155         </refsect1>
 156
 157         <refsect1>
 158                 <title>Exit status</title>
 159
 160                 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 161                 code otherwise.</para>
 162         </refsect1>
 163
 164         <refsect1>
 165                 <title>Notes</title>
 166
 167                 <para>These are legacy commands available for
 168                 compatibility only.</para>
 169         </refsect1>
 170
 171         <refsect1>
 172                 <title>See Also</title>
 173                 <para>
 174                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 175                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 176                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 177                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 178                 </para>
 179         </refsect1>
 180
 181 </refentry>