---
name: "nws_halt_activity"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nws"
version: "2.13-6.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nws_halt_activity"
---

# nws\_halt\_activity(1)

instructs to stop monitoring resources (Network Weather Service)

## NAME

halt\_activity - instructs to stop monitoring resources (Network Weather Service)

## SYNOPSIS

**halt\_activity** \[-N nws\_nameserver\]\[-S host\] name

## DESCRIPTION

halt\_activity has been DEPRECATED and will be removed in the near future.

This manual page explains the  **halt\_activity** program. You can start to monitor resources using **start\_activity(1)** and you can use  **halt\_activity** to stop.

## OPTIONS

- **-N nws\_nameserver**

  Register this nws\_memory with **nws\_nameserver**

- **-S host**

  specifies a sensor to contact to stop the activity. Normally the  **[nws\_nameserver(1)](/nws_nameserver/1.md)** is used to determine the sensor(s) to contact.

## BUGS

Bugs list is at  http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu. ⟨http://nws.cs.ucsb.edu⟩

## AUTHOR

NWS is an original idea of Rich Wolski Rich Wolski (rich@cs.ucsb.edu) who came up with the original **nws\_memory.**

Neil Spring, Jim Hayes (jhayes@cs.ucsd.edu) and Martin Swany maintained and enhanced it.

Graziano Obertelli (graziano@cs.ucsb.edu) currently maintains NWS and wrote this man page.

## SEE ALSO

**[nws\_sensor(1)](/nws_sensor/1.md),** **[nws\_search(1)](/nws_search/1.md),** **[nws\_nameserver(1)](/nws_nameserver/1.md),** **[nws\_extract(1)](/nws_extract/1.md)** **start\_activity(1)**