<sect1 id="ch07-halt">
<title>Creating the halt script</title>

<para>
A new file <filename>/etc/init.d/halt</filename> is created containing the
following:
</para>

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<userinput>cat &gt; halt &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin /etc/init.d/halt

#
# Call halt. See man halt for the meaning of the parameters
#

/sbin/halt -d -f -i -p

# End /etc/init.d/halt
<userinput>EOF</userinput>
</literallayout>

</sect1>