- About halt : Reboot or stop the machine
- Comes From : upstart-0.6.5
- Configuration Files:
/var/run/utmp Reads current runlevel from
/var/log/wtmp A new runlevel record for the shutdown time will be appended to this file.
Examples:
1. To stop the machine
| $ halt |
2. To not to sync before poweroff
| $ halt –no-sync |
3. To force stop the machine
| $ halt -f $ halt –force |
4. To poweroff the machine
| $ halt -p $ halt –poweroff |
5. Don’t reboot but write the wtmp record
| $ halt -w $ halt –wtmp-only |
6. To set the verbose mode
| $ halt –verbose |
7. To show the errors only in output
| $ halt -q $ halt –quiet |
8. To display the help
| $ halt –help |
