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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:05:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To: "Turner, Ryan" <Ryan.Turner@analog.com>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Turner, Ryan wrote:

> I want to run a script on startup that will perform some work and then
> shut the machine down.  My script looks something like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # do some stuff
>
> shutdown -h now
>

perhaps in  /etc/rc.local


>
>
> Where should I place this script?  I want it to run after entering
> multi-user mode and I would like it to run as root.
>
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> Ryan Turner
> ryturner@vt.edu
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