The only other thing I know to do is convert time into seconds and use the
command shutdown -ht "time in seconds"
I found this is man shutdown and also in the "Bible".
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> Nope, that didn't work. It even froze3 the keyboard!
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> On Wednesday 14 January 2004 01:09 am, Michael said:
> ~ Try shutdown XX:XX
> ~ The command does "not"require the -h or any other option for that
matter.
> It ~ just needs to be told when!
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> ~ > It doesn't seem to be working.
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> ~ > I type:
> ~ > shutdown -h -time <time desired>
> ~ > and it beeps and says:
> ~ > Broadcast message fromn root (pts/2) <present date and time>
> ~ > The system is going Down for system halt in 1 minute ! !
> ~ > then one minute later it beeps again and says:
> ~ > The system is going down for system halt NOW ! !
> ~ > usage: init [-n] [-w] [-d] [-f] [-i] [-p]
> ~ > and then it just sits there!
> ~ > (I also tried it without the -h flag)
> ~ > What am I doing wrong?
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