shutdown.8.txt (1527B) download
1@man shutdown 8 "MAY 2023" "%VERSION%" "fiss man page"
2@header shutdown(8) %VERSION%
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4@title name Name
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6*shutdown* – bring down the system
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9@title synopsis Synopsis
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11*shutdown* [*-rhP*] [*-fF*] [now | +mins] [message ...]
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14@title description Description
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16shutdown brings the system down in a secure way. All logged-in users are notified that the system is going down, and login(1) is blocked.
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18By default, shutdown puts the system into single user mode. Rebooting and halting the system can be done using the following options:
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20@list
21*-c*
22Cancel an ongoing shutdown.
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24*-f*
25Enable fast booting; skip fsck(8) on next boot.
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27*-F*
28Force run of fsck(8) on next boot.
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30*-h*
31Halt the system.
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33*-k*
34Don't really shutdown; only send the warning messages to everybody.
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36*-P*
37Poweroff the system.
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39*-r*
40Reboot the system.
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42*now*
43Shutdown without further waiting.
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45*+mins*
46Wait mins minutes before shutting down.
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48*message*
49Message displayed to all users, defaults to "system is going down".
50@endlist
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52@title unsupported Unsupported OPTIONS
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54This version of shutdown is based on runit(8), the following features are not supported:
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56*-t secs*
57to wait secs seconds between SIGKILL and SIGTERM on shutdown is silently ignored.
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59*-a*
60Use /etc/shutdown.allow.
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62*-H*
63Drop into boot monitor.
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65*-n*
66Don't call init(8).
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68*hh:mm*
69Absolute time specification is not implemented.
70@endlist
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72@title see See Also
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74fsck(8), halt(8), init(8), poweroff(8), reboot(8), fiss(8), runsvchdir(8)
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77@title author Author
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79Leah Neukirchen, [email protected].