---
name: "umshutdown"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "umview"
version: "0.8.2-3"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/umshutdown"
---

# umshutdown(1)

shutdown a umview/kmview machine

## NAME

umshutdown - shutdown a umview/kmview machine

## SYNOPSIS

**umshutdown** \[ *time* \]\

## DESCRIPTION

This command is used to shut down the current umview/kmview virtual  machine. When called without any argument, it sends a TERM signal to all the processes running in the current virtual machine, waits for 30 second and then it sends a KILL signal to all the survining processes. The optional argument is the number of seconds between the TERM and KILL  signals.

## SEE ALSO

**[umview(1)](/umview/1.md),** **[kmview(1)](/kmview/1.md)**

## AUTHORS

View-OS is a project of the Computer Science Department, University of Bologna. Project Leader: Renzo Davoli. \
 \<http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/view-os\>

Howto's and further information can be found on the project wiki \<wiki.virtualsquare.org\>.