.Dd July 29, 2014 .Dt SHUTDOWN 8 .Os Linux .Sh NAME .Nm shutdown .Nd bring down the system .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm shutdown .Op Fl rhP .Op Fl fF .Op Cm now | Cm + Ns Ar mins .Op Ar message ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm brings the system down in a secure way. All logged-in users are notified that the system is going down, and .Xr login 1 is blocked. .Pp By default, .Nm puts the system into single user mode. Rebooting and halting the system can be done using the following options: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl c Cancel an ongoing shutdown. .It Fl f Enable fast booting; skip .Xr fsck 8 on next boot. .It Fl F Force run of .Xr fsck 8 on next boot. .It Fl h Halt the system. .It Fl k Don't really shutdown; only send the warning messages to everybody. .It Fl P Poweroff the system. .It Fl r Reboot the system. .It Cm now Shutdown without further waiting. .It Cm + Ns Ar mins Wait .Ar mins minutes before shutting down. .It Ar message Message displayed to all users, defaults to "system is going down". .El .Sh UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS This version of .Nm is based on .Xr runit 8 , the following features are .Sy not supported: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl t Ar secs to wait .Ar secs seconds between SIGKILL and SIGTERM on shutdown is silently ignored. .It Fl a Use .Pa /etc/shutdown.allow . .It Fl H Drop into boot monitor. .It Fl n Don't call .Xr init 8 . .It Ar hh Ns : Ns Ar mm Absolute time specification is not implemented. .El .Sh EXAMPLES Turn off the system: .Dl # shutdown -h now .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr halt 8 , .Xr init 8 , .Xr poweroff 8 , .Xr reboot 8 , .Xr runit 8 , .Xr runsvchdir 8 .Sh AUTHOR .An Leah Neukirchen , .Mt leah@vuxu.org .