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.TH HALT 8 "May 24, 1986"
halt \- stop the processor
writes out sandbagged information to the disks and then stops
the processor. The machine does not reboot, even if the auto-reboot
switch is set on the console.
option prevents the sync before stopping. The
option causes a quick halt, no graceful shutdown is attempted. The
option is needed if you are trying to halt the system from a dialup.
normally logs the shutdown using
and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file
These actions are inhibited if the
reboot(8), shutdown(8), syslogd(8)
It is very difficult to halt a VAX, as the machine wants to then
reboot itself. A rather tight loop suffices.