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- stretch 232-25+deb9u11
- stretch 2.88dsf-59.9
- testing 2.93-8
- testing 241-3
- stretch-backports 241-3~bpo9+1
- unstable 241-5
- unstable 2.93-8
- experimental 242-1
- experimental 2.95~beta-1
conflicting packages
HALT(8) | halt | HALT(8) |
NAME¶
halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machineSYNOPSIS¶
halt [OPTIONS...]
poweroff [OPTIONS...]
reboot [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION¶
halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.OPTIONS¶
The following options are understood:--help
Print a short help text and exit.
--halt
Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three
commands is invoked.
-p, --poweroff
Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the
three commands is invoked.
--reboot
Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three
commands is invoked.
-f, --force
Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact
the init system.
-w, --wtmp-only
Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt,
power-off, reboot.
-d, --no-wtmp
Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.
-n, --no-sync
Don't sync hard disks/storage media before halt,
power-off, reboot.
--no-wall
Do not send wall message before halt, power-off,
reboot.
EXIT STATUS¶
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.NOTES¶
These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)systemd 232 |