---
name: "openrc-shutdown"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openrc"
version: "0.56-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openrc-shutdown"
---

# openrc-shutdown(8)

bring the system down

## NAME

**openrc-shutdown** – bring the system down

## SYNOPSIS

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-c**, **--cancel**\]

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-R**, **--reexec**\]

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-w**, **--write-only**\]

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-d**, **--no-write**\] \[**-D**, **--dry-run**\] \[**-H**, **--halt**\] time

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-d**, **--no-write**\] \[**-D**, **--dry-run**\] \[**-k**, **--kexec**\] time

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-d**, **--no-write**\] \[**-D**, **--dry-run**\] \[**-p**, **--poweroff**\] time

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-d**, **--no-write**\] \[**-D**, **--dry-run**\] \[**-r**, **--reboot**\] time

**openrc-shutdown** \[**-d**, **--no-write**\] \[**-D**, **--dry-run**\] \[**-s**, **--single**\] time

## DESCRIPTION

**openrc-shutdown** is the utility that communicates with [openrc-init(8)](/openrc-init/8.md) to bring down the system or instruct openrc-init to re-execute itself. It supports the following options:

- **-c**, **--cancel**

  Cancel a pending shutdown.

- **-d**, **--no-write**

  Do not write the wtmp boot record.

- **-D**, **--dry-run**

  Print the action that would be taken without executing it. This is to allow testing.

- **-H**, **--halt**

  Stop all services, kill all remaining processes and halt the system.

- **-k**, **--kexec**

  Stop all services, kill all processes and boot directly into a new kernel loaded via [kexec(8)](/kexec/8.md).

- **-p**, **--poweroff**

  Stop all services, kill all processes and power off the system.

- **-R**, **--reexec**

  instruct openrc-init to re-exec itself. This should be used after an upgrade of OpenRC if you are using openrc-init as your init process.

- **-r**, **--reboot**

  Stop all services, kill all processes and reboot the system.

- **-s**, **--single**

  Stop all services, kill all processes and move to single user mode.

- **-w**, **--write-only**

  Write a wtmp shutdown record and do nothing else.

## SEE ALSO

[openrc-init(8)](/openrc-init/8.md), [kexec(8)](/kexec/8.md),

## AUTHORS

William Hubbs \<w.d.hubbs@gmail.com\>