script to shutdown system - howto

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btfans
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script to shutdown system - howto

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I run the proftpd in RH9 and allow u/l and d/l, how to write a script
such that it is cron to run after system start and yet it check

1) no traffic in proftpd (and to xferlog)
2) time is 02:30 am

Then, it issue system shutdown command for shutdown
shutdown -h now

Thanks,
Matthew
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Post by crabyars »

Do you know the linux commands to do what you ask? Sounds like you will need to write a shell script and call that from php with exec
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Post by feyd »

you know.. if you look down the list of topics in this forum, you'll see a topic on linux shutdown...
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