2008-12-01
Stuff computers are better at: shutting ... 11 years ago
Stuff computers are better at: shutting down at the wanted time. Just a simple:root@hostname:~# at 23:01 warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh at> shutdown -h now at> <EOT> job 3 at Mon Dec 1 23:01:00 2008 root@hostname:~#The <EOT> was were I pressed ctrl-d. You might say "why not shutdown -h 23:01 ?". Well, your users will be bothered by the announcements between now and the shutdown time.