<sect1 id="ch07-halt">
<title>Creating the halt script</title>
<?dbhtml filename="halt.html" dir="chapter07"?>

<para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/halt</filename> script by running the
following command:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/init.d/halt &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin /etc/init.d/halt

#
# Call halt. See man halt for the meaning of the parameters
#

/sbin/halt -d -f -i -p

# End /etc/init.d/halt
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>

</sect1>

