[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 14/08/2006 02:31:29 PM: > I have mythdora ( Redhat FC4 based) running more or less - at least t > the degree that I can record TV programs. > > I want to auto-shutdown the PC after recording has finished. > > Googling gives plenty of links/info, which often is contradictory. > > Basically, I believe that I need to put an entry such as > > 00 20 14 08 mon root /sbin/shutdown -h now
Are you only wanting to do this the once? I know your question was about where in the cron to put this entry, but why not use shutdown's time argument to shutdown at 10pm? run "shutdown 22:00" to have it shutdown at 10pm tonight only. Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html