>Jacek,
> The file you want to edit is called crontab. You should read up on it
>and cron. You will need to add a line like the following to the crontab
>file.
>
>00 04 * * * root /sbin/shutdown -h now
Actually you want to run
crontab -e
(e is for edit)
and copy Steve's line above over, save, and then you're done!
If you want to compute for a while and then have the machine shut down some
time later on (this has saved me from many a dispute with my wife!...) when
you log in, switch to root with su and then issue
/sbin/shutdown -h 23:30 &
This will spawn off the shutdown command into the background, primed to
trigger at 23:30. Then, go back to work and forget about the time.
I find this is an effective way of getting three hours work done, and not
having that stretch into 5, 6, 7 hours, to the increasing irritation of my
nearest and dearest.
You will receive a warning 15, 10, 5 and 1 minute(s) before the system goes
down. It's always a lot of fun trying to squeeze in that last final command
or two in the final sixty seconds before the machi
No processes left in this runlevel.
System halted.
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