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Old 02-22-2002, 04:46 AM   #1
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hi all
i need to automatically shut down my Linux box after a sdpecified period of time, could any one helop me as to how to go about it

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Old 02-22-2002, 06:14 AM   #2
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Try looking at crontab to automate things like this. Combine it with 'shutdown now' to shutoff the computer at a specified time.

http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/djg/cron.shtml

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