Re: shutdown doesn't do anything, winXP
On 9/2/2011 11:26 AM, LMH wrote: As an aside, why does which shutdown return /usr/bin/shutdown when the shutdown app is located in /bin/shutdown? What value does the /usr part of the path have in this context? /bin and /usr/bin are the same thing by default under Cygwin. c:\cygwin is mounted as root, and then c:\cygwin\bin is mounted as /usr/bin. I imagine one could change this behavior with /etc/fstab, if one wanted. "which" is using /usr/bin in your case simply because that was found first in your PATH environment variable. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: shutdown doesn't do anything, winXP
Using the full path was successful. As an aside, why does which shutdown return /usr/bin/shutdown when the shutdown app is located in /bin/shutdown? What value does the /usr part of the path have in this context? I suppose I should use force, but I never have anything running when I run the backup script that this is part of. LMH Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Sep 1 14:51, LMH wrote: I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished running. I have added, shutdown -s now and also tried, shutdown -s 5 shutdown -x now shutdown -x 5 but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me, /usr/bin/shutdown so I know its there. Any suggestions? Try the -f/--force option. Note that shutdown can succeed even if the machine won't actually shutdown. See, for instance, the remarks section on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376874%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Corinna -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: shutdown doesn't do anything, winXP
On Sep 1 14:51, LMH wrote: > I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a > command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished > running. > > I have added, > > shutdown -s now > > and also tried, > > shutdown -s 5 > shutdown -x now > shutdown -x 5 > > but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me, > > /usr/bin/shutdown > > so I know its there. > > Any suggestions? Try the -f/--force option. Note that shutdown can succeed even if the machine won't actually shutdown. See, for instance, the remarks section on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376874%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: shutdown doesn't do anything, winXP
On 9/1/2011 2:51 PM, LMH wrote: I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished running. I have added, shutdown -s now and also tried, shutdown -s 5 shutdown -x now shutdown -x 5 but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me, /usr/bin/shutdown so I know its there. Any suggestions? One - try the full path? Otherwise: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry _ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
shutdown doesn't do anything, winXP
I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished running. I have added, shutdown -s now and also tried, shutdown -s 5 shutdown -x now shutdown -x 5 but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me, /usr/bin/shutdown so I know its there. Any suggestions? LMH -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
