halt

shut down the system 

Command

SYNOPSIS

halt [-q] [-l|-r]

DESCRIPTION

The halt commands shuts down the system. The default behavior, without the -l or -r options, is to shut down the system, and not reboot.

Options

-q 

does not prompt the user to save when shutting down user programs.

-r 

reboots the system. After shutting down, the system reboots.

-l 

logs the current user off. This option does not reboot the system.

The -l and -r options are mutually exclusive.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 

Successful completion.

>0 

An error occurred.

PORTABILITY

Windows NT 4.0. Windows 2000. Windows XP. Windows Server 2003.

AVAILABILITY

MKS Toolkit for System Administrators
MKS Toolkit for Developers
MKS Toolkit for Interoperability
MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

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