| 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) |
| 31 | .SH BUGS |
| 32 | It is very difficult to halt a VAX, as the machine wants to then |
| 33 | reboot itself. A rather tight loop suffices. |