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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