---
name: "minit-shutdown"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "minit"
version: "0.10-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minit-shutdown"
---

# minit-shutdown(8)

shutdown the minit init system.

## NAME

minit-shutdown - shutdown the minit init system.

## SYNOPSIS

**minit-shutdown -\[*rhosmn*\] \[-t *secs*\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**minit-shutdown** tries to properly shutdown your system with minit.

## USAGE

- \-r

  reboot after shutdown

- \-h

  halt after shutdown

- \-o

  power-off after shutdown

- \-s

  single-user console after shutdown

- \-m

  only shutdown minit-part

- \-n

  do not shutdown services using minit

- \-t *secs*

  delay between SIGTERM and SIGKILL

## AUTHOR

minit was written by Felix von Leitner and can be downloaded from his page at *http://www.fefe.de/minit/*

This shutdown was contributed by Bernd Wachter.

This manpage was written by Erich Schubert \<erich@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

## SEE ALSO

[msvc(8)](/msvc/8.md), [pidfilehack(8)](/pidfilehack/8.md)