On Unix-like operating systems, the stop command calls the init daemon to stop a job that is running on the system. It is equivalent to the command initctl stop.

Description

initctl allows a system administrator to communicate and interact with the init daemon.

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When run as initctl, the first non-option argument is the COMMAND. Global options may be specified before or after the command.

You may also create symbolic or hard links to initctl named after commands. When invoked through these links the tool will behave only as that command, with global and command-specific options intermixed. The default installation supplies such links for the start, stop, restart, reload and status commands.

Syntax

initctl [OPTION]… COMMAND [OPTION]… ARG…

Options

Commands

Examples

stop 1234

Stop the job with process ID 1234.

job start/running, process 1234

job start/pre-start, process 902

job start/post-start, process 1234 post-start process 1357

job start/post-start, (post-start) process 1357

job (tty1) start/post-start, process 1234 post-start process 1357

foo emits boing emits blip start on (starting A and (B or C var=2)) stop on (bar HELLO=world testing=123 or stopping wibble)

OPTION may be the following:

foo emits boing emits blip start on starting (job: A, env:) start on B (job:, env:) start on C (job:, env: var=2) stop on bar (job:, env: HELLO=world testing=123) stop on stopping (job: wibble, event: stopping, env:)

start on starting grapestop on peach

foo start on: unknown job grape stop on: unknown event peach

start on (A and (started B or (starting C or D)))

bar start on: unknown job B start on: unknown job C start on: unknown event D

Usage: tty DEV=ttyX - where X is console id

init — The parent of all processes on the system.kill — Send a signal to a process, affecting its behavior or killing it.ps — Report the status of a process or processes.shutdown — Schedule a time for the system to be powered down.top — Display a sortable, continually-updated list of processes.