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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 08:58:42 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: system restart after some seconds
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:43:57 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> How can I restart my freeBSD after specific seconds ?

Unelegant and obvious:

	# sleep 10 ; shutdown -r now

If you need this to happen automatically, use /etc/rc.local,
and maybe put the whole command into background using (...)&.
Beware - endless loop! You need to be fast enough to revert
the change or go to SUM to do so. :-)

Parameters to shutdown itself, as well as for the "at" command,
only allow minutes as most precise elements; see "man shutdown"
and "man at" for details.





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Polytropon
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