Name
halt
Synopsis
halt [options]Prepares the system and then terminates all processes, usually ending with a hardware power-off. During preparation, all filesystem caches are flushed, and running processes are sent SIGTERM followed by SIGTERM.
Options
- -l
Don’t log the halt via syslog (i.e., mach_kernel: syncing disks...).
- -n
Don’t flush filesystem caches. Should not be used indiscriminately.
- -q
The filesystem caches are flushed, but the system is otherwise halted ungracefully. Should not be used indiscriminately.
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