Mike, what happens when you do:
`shutdown -h now`
and if that doesn't work:
`which shutdown`
Bart
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 07:54, Michael wrote:
> 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!
> >
> > 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.
> > ~ >
> > ~ > 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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