From: barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com (Keith Barrett) Subject: Re: Automated Linux PowerDown Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 20:00:57 GMT
> Now, for my purposes, linux has only one disadvantage, as compared to dos.
>I'd like to address
>it: with DOS, you can generally dump the computer's power any time that you see
>that dos prompt.
>With any unix, you have to be more careful... Why is this important?
You can still do this ...
Why don't you simply create a crontab entry that shuts your system down
at (let's say) 5:00, and set your timer to shut the computer off at 5:30?
cron should be able to run shutdown fine.
Keith Barrett