---
name: "lxc-halt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lxc"
version: "0.8.0~rc1-8+deb7u2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lxc-halt"
---

# lxc-halt(1)

shutdown Linux Containers by state

## NAME

**lxc-halt** - shutdown Linux Containers by state

## SYNOPSIS

**lxc-halt** *CONTAINER*

## DESCRIPTION

**lxc-halt** shuts down a Linux Container by not killing all processes of it like lxc-stop does. It does an ordinary shutdown by issueing a switch to runlevel 0 within the container.

## OPTIONS

- *CONTAINER*

  specifies a Linux Container in the LXC path (default /var/lib/lxc).

## SEE ALSO

[*lxc*(7)](/lxc/7.md), [*lxc*(1)](/lxc/1.md), [*lxc-debconf*(1)](/lxc-debconf/1.md), [*lxc-list*(1)](/lxc-list/1.md).

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported by submitting a bugreport for the lxc package in the Debian Bug Tracking System at \<*http://bugs.debian.org/*\> or by writing a mail to the author.

## AUTHOR

lxc-halt was written by Daniel Baumann \<*daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net*\>.