On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 03:45:27PM +0300, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 12 Oct 2003 13:59:32 +0200, Marcin G?ogowski wrote:
> > 
> > How to configure FvwmModule to exec a system command after a timeout?
> > For now I can execute only built in commands like quit, but it is 
> > impossible to execute "Exec exec "reboot"" command.
> 
> Why is it impossible to execute reboot giving you have root permissions?
> 
> If you only want a delay for external shell commands then this will do it:
> 
>   Exec sleep 300; reboot
> 
> BTW, shutdown has -t parameter for this. But sleep works for other
> shell commands.

> In 2.5.x you may postpone any fvwm command, say in 180 seconds:
> 
>   Schedule 180000 Quit
> 
>   Schedule 180000 Exec exec something
> 
> See also Deschedule.

   ***WARNING***
This Schedule line **will not work** if you leave the machine for
lunch and no new X events are sent to fvwm!  Do not schedule jobs
that must be executed exactly at the given time.
   ***WARNING***

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^
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