Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:58:17 +1300 From: rshea@opendoor.co.nz To: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mav@wastegate.net, raiden23@netzero.net Subject: Re: Interesting user question Message-ID: <3C387419.11431.B04CA9D@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020106023223.DD48648425@wastegate.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20020104140214.009de650@pop.netzero.net>
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> > silly yes.. I don't think windows has any kinda of scheduling like > that. you could just make a cron event that runs shutdown -h now at 5 > o'clock. or, you could have a shutdown command issued, because you > can specify the shutdown time... look at the man shutdown. other than > that, i'd say he is out of luck. > Just a small improvement - how about getting a cron to ping the W98SE anytime after 5pm every 15 mins. If it doesn't hear back it in two succesive invocations then it presumes the W98SE owner has turned off for the night and so issues the shutdown commands to the FBSD box. Personally I wouldn't go near this stuff but ... regards richard shea. ***************************************************** Open Door Ltd PO Box 119-46 Wellington, NZ PH +64 4 384 7639 FX +64 4 384 7672 ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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