[QCLUG] Kid timer

[Jim Hall]

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On 7/17/06, Jason Sweat <jason.sweat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/17/06, Jim Hall <volunteer.jim@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2.)  I added the above line to '/etc/crontab'. Shutdown did occur, but
> no
> > message poped up on the screen. Or, if it did, it was momentary. I
> believe
> > 'cron' is 'Vixie cron', if that makes any difference.
> >
> > Jim
>
> from man shutdown:
>    -t sec Tell init(8) to wait sec seconds between sending processes
> the warning and the kill sig-
>               nal, before changing to another runlevel.
>
> -t 300 should do it
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jason
> http://blog.casey-sweat.us/
> _______________________________________________
>
>


Per your suggestion, I went back to the man page (as well as some other
reading). This switch (-t) doesn't seem to do what I need. By itself, it
doesn't even seem to work. The following line does produce a shutdown at
11:00 pm.

55 22    * * *    root    /sbin/shutdown -h +5 'No computer past 11'

Jim

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