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  34 .Dd June 9, 1993
  35 .Dt REBOOT 8
  36 .Os
  37 .Sh NAME
  38 .Nm reboot ,
  39 .Nm halt
  40 .Nd
  41 stopping and restarting the system
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm halt
  44 .Op Fl nq
  45 .Nm reboot
  46 .Op Fl nq
  47 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  48 The
  49 .Nm halt
  50 and
  51 .Nm reboot
  52 utilities flush the file system cache to disk, send all running processes
  53 a SIGTERM (and subsequently a SIGKILL) and, respectively, halt or restart
  54 the system.
  55 The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the login
  56 accounting file.
  57 .Pp
  58 The options are as follows:
  59 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  60 .It Fl n
  61 If the
  62 .Fl n
  63 option is specified,
  64 the file system cache is not flushed.
  65 This option should probably not be used.
  66 .It Fl q
  67 If the
  68 .Fl q
  69 option is specified,
  70 the system is halted or restarted quickly and ungracefully, and only
  71 the flushing of the file system cache is performed.
  72 This option should probably not be used.
  73 .El
  74 .Pp
  75 Normally, the
  76 .Xr shutdown 8
  77 utility is used when the system needs to be halted or restarted, giving
  78 users advance warning of their impending doom.
  79 .Sh SEE ALSO
  80 .Xr sync 1 ,
  81 .Xr utmp 5 ,
  82 .Xr boot 8 ,
  83 .Xr shutdown 8
  84 .Sh HISTORY
  85 A
  86 .Nm reboot
  87 command appeared in
  88 .At v6 .