• NAME
  
  shutdown - bring the system down
• SYNOPSIS
  
  shutdown [OPTION]... TIME [MESSAGE]
• DESCRIPTION
  
  shutdown arranges for the system to be brought down in a safe way.  All logged-in users are notified that the system is going down and, within the last five minutes of TIME , new logins are prevented.
  TIME may have different formats, the most common is simply the word ' now ' which will bring the system down immediately.  Other valid formats are +m , where m is the number of minutes to wait until shutting down and hh:mm which specifies the time on the 24hr clock.
  Once TIME has elapsed, shutdown sends a request to the init(8) daemon to bring the system down into the appropriate runlevel.
• OPTIONS
  

  -r

  Requests that the system be rebooted after it has been brought down.

  -h

  Requests that the system be either halted or powered off after it has been brought down, with the choice as to which left up to the system.

  -H

  Requests that the system be halted after it has been brought down.

  -P

  Requests that the system be powered off after it has been brought down.

  -c

  Cancels a running shutdown. TIME is not specified with this option, the first argument is MESSAGE.

  -k

  Only send out the warning messages and disable logins, do not actually bring the system down.

• NOTES
  
  This tool is provided for compatibility with the traditional System V init(8) . Upstart has no notion of runlevels itself, this and the telinit(8) tool are provided to emulate their behaviour.
  When invoked it generates a runlevel event, with an argument containing the new runlevel.
• AUTHOR
  
  Written by Scott James Remnant.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report bugs at https://launchpad.net/products/upstart/+bugs
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2007 Canonical Ltd.
  This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
• SEE ALSO
  
  init(8) telinit(8)

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