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| .TH HALT 8
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| .SH NAME
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| halt \- abruptly stop the system
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| .SH SYNOPSIS
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| \fBhalt\fP [\fB\-f\fP]
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| .SH DESCRIPTION
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| .B Halt
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| stops the system almost immediately.  The users are not informed about
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| the things to come.
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| .B Halt
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| is logged in
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| .B /usr/adm/wtmp
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| and in 
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| .BR /usr/adm/log ,
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| if these files exist.
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| .B Halt
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| should only be run by the super-user, any other caller will be refused.
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| .PP
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| .B Halt
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| is a rather rude program.
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| .BR Shutdown (8)
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| is preferred for it performs a more gentle halt routine.
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| .PP
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| .B Halt \-f
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| is even worse, it omits the terminate signals that are normally
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| sent first to all processes to give them a chance to die peacefully.
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| .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| .BR reboot (2),
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| .BR shutdown (8),
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| .BR reboot (8),
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| .BR boot (8).
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| .SH AUTHOR
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| Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)
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