shut down time in schedule task

fa_khan50 · 02-05-2008, 11:53 PM

I configured the following command but it only halt not shutdown the computer.i wanna shutdown the computer at specific time.How can i do?

# at 8pm
at> halt
(Press CTRL+D)

Regards,
Fawad

rvca · 02-06-2008, 12:58 AM

You should pass the p flag to power off the system, i.e.

Code:

halt -p

However, if you're running normally you should call the poweroff command. Simply,

Code:

poweroff

To schedule it you should do it in your crontab file (usually in /etc/) check out the man page of it, type in a console:

Code:

man crontab

Cheers,

fa_khan50 · 02-06-2008, 01:13 AM

Many many thanx.problem has been resolved.

Regards,
Fawad

archtoad6 · 02-08-2008, 11:09 AM

Dupe of:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-task-618981/
which I am asking to be closed. Arsehole!