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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



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