Shutdown command

[astrobob.tk]

Hey there,

I recently started using the shutdown command in the form:


sudo shutdown -P hh:mm

It has been working great for the past couple of days except for this morning. I left the laptop downloading some stuff & issued the command:


sudo shutdown -P 0640

so that it shutdowns at 0640 in the morning.

I didn't check it until 1400 when I noticed that it shutdown at 1025:


$ last -x | grep shutdown
shutdown system down 2.6.32-38-generi Mon Feb 6 10:25 - 14:39 (04:14)

I am not sure what happened. Do you have any idea why it shutdown @ 1025 instead of 0640?

[Sigma1]

My guess is you got it to shutdown 640 mins later, cf. man shutdown. The format for clock times would be 06:40.


TIME may have different formats, the most common is simply the word 'now' which will bring the system down immediately. Other valid formats are +m,where m is the number of minutes to wait until shutting down and hh:mm which specifies the time on the 24hr clock.

;)

[astrobob.tk]

My guess is you got it to shutdown 640 mins later, cf. man shutdown. The format for clock times would be 06:40.
;)


LOL. thanks :D

Indeed, it wrote 0640 instead of 06:40. I'm accustomed to use use 0640 hrs.

Thanks :D