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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<refentry id="halt"
    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>halt</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
        <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
        <surname>Poettering</surname>
        <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>halt</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>halt</refname>
    <refname>poweroff</refname>
    <refname>reboot</refname>
    <refpurpose>Halt, power-off or reboot the machine</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>halt</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>poweroff</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>reboot</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><command>halt</command>, <command>poweroff</command>,
    <command>reboot</command> may be used to halt, power-off or reboot
    the machine.</para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Options</title>

    <para>The following options are understood:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--help</option></term>

        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help-text" />
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--halt</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Halt the machine, regardless of which one of
        the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-p</option></term>
        <term><option>--poweroff</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Power-off the machine, regardless of which one
        of the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--reboot</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of
        the three commands is invoked.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-f</option></term>
        <term><option>--force</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do
        not contact the init system.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-w</option></term>
        <term><option>--wtmp-only</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not
        actually halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-d</option></term>
        <term><option>--no-wtmp</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Do not write wtmp shutdown
        entry.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-n</option></term>
        <term><option>--no-sync</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Don't sync hard disks/storage media before
        halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Do not send wall message before halt,
        power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Exit status</title>

    <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
    otherwise.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Notes</title>

    <para>These are legacy commands available for compatibility
    only.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>