# halt(8)

    NAME
         halt - abruptly stop the system

    SYNOPSIS
         halt [-f]

    DESCRIPTION
         Halt stops the system almost immediately.  The  users  are  not  informed
         about  the  things  to  come.   Halt  is  logged  in /usr/adm/wtmp and in
         /usr/adm/authlog, if these files exist.  Halt should only be run  by  the
         super-user, any other caller will be refused.

         Halt is a rather rude program.  Shutdown(8) is preferred for it  performs
         a more gentle halt routine.

         Halt -f is even worse, it omits the terminate signals that  are  normally
         sent first to all processes to give them a chance to die peacefully.

    SEE ALSO
         reboot(2), shutdown(8), reboot(8), boot(8).

    AUTHOR
         Edvard Tuinder (v892231@si.hhs.NL)