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.TH shutdown 8 "March 2007" "Upstart"
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shutdown \- bring the system down
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\fBshutdown\fR [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fITIME\fR [\fIMESSAGE\fR]
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arranges for the system to be brought down in a safe way. All logged-in
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users are notified that the system is going down and, within the last
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new logins are prevented.
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may have different formats, the most common is simply the word
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which will bring the system down immediately. Other valid formats are
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is the number of minutes to wait until shutting down and
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which specifies the time on the 24hr clock.
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sends a request to the
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daemon to bring the system down into the appropriate runlevel.
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Requests that the system be rebooted after it has been brought down.
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Requests that the system be either halted or powered off after it has been
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brought down, with the choice as to which left up to the system.
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Requests that the system be halted after it has been brought down.
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Requests that the system be powered off after it has been brought down.
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Cancels a running shutdown.
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is not specified with this option, the first argument is
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Only send out the warning messages and disable logins, do not actually
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bring the system down.
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This tool is provided for compatibility with the traditional System V
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Upstart has no notion of runlevels itself, this and the
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tool are provided to emulate their behaviour.
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When invoked it generates a
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event, with an argument containing the new runlevel.
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Written by Scott James Remnant.
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Report bugs at https://launchpad.net/products/upstart/+bugs
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Copyright \(co 2007 Canonical Ltd.
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.