Automated start-up and shutdown
jnba
Fax 876-929-2409 shutdown or start-up.
How does this work in Mac os x? [version 10.1.5]
jnba
On my system 9x computers its very easy to set up an automated shutdown or
start-up. How does this work in Mac OS X? [version 10.1.5]
Mr. Underhill
(in message <BA899B34.15F74%28273...@rogers.com>):
> Oops!
>
> On my system 9x computers its very easy to set up an automated shutdown or
> start-up. How does this work in Mac OS X? [version 10.1.5]
>
As far as I know, it doesn't. There is no built-in way to do this in Mac OS
X. It is another example of a feature missing in the latest OS.
Mike Pfaiffer
experiment on actually). However, wouldn't it be possible to write a
shell script and set up a cron job for it?
Later
Mike
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Donald Hall
Mike Pfaiffer <mi...@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote:
> Mr. Underhill wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:52:22 -0500, jnba wrote
> > (in message <BA899B34.15F74%28273...@rogers.com>):
> >
> >
> >>Oops!
> >>
> >> On my system 9x computers its very easy to set up an automated shutdown
> >> or
> >>start-up. How does this work in Mac OS X? [version 10.1.5]
> >>
> >
> >
> > As far as I know, it doesn't. There is no built-in way to do this in Mac
> > OS
> > X. It is another example of a feature missing in the latest OS.
> >
> I'm not an OS X person (more Linux on a PC with a couple Macs to
> experiment on actually). However, wouldn't it be possible to write a
> shell script and set up a cron job for it?
>
> Later
> Mike
Take a look at iBeeZz on Version Tracker. cron won't do it - how can it
work when the computer is shut down?
Don
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Mike Pfaiffer
> In article <wp79a.389899$Yo4.12...@news1.calgary.shaw.ca>,
> Mike Pfaiffer <mi...@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>Mr. Underhill wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:52:22 -0500, jnba wrote
>>>(in message <BA899B34.15F74%28273...@rogers.com>):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Oops!
>>>>
>>>>On my system 9x computers its very easy to set up an automated shutdown
>>>>or
>>>>start-up. How does this work in Mac OS X? [version 10.1.5]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>As far as I know, it doesn't. There is no built-in way to do this in Mac
>>>OS
>>>X. It is another example of a feature missing in the latest OS.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not an OS X person (more Linux on a PC with a couple Macs to
>>experiment on actually). However, wouldn't it be possible to write a
>>shell script and set up a cron job for it?
>>
>> Later
>> Mike
>
>
>
> Take a look at iBeeZz on Version Tracker. cron won't do it - how can it
> work when the computer is shut down?
>
> Don
>
Koncept
<spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> There is no built-in way to do this in Mac
> > > OS
> > > X. It is another example of a feature missing in the latest OS.
OUCH!
Let me give you a couple Terminal tips for automated shutdown:
sudo shutdown -h now (gracefully shutsdown the computer immediately)
sudo shutdown -h +5 (gracefully shutsdown the computer in 5 minutes)
sudo shutdown -h yymmddhhmm (absolute shutdown ~ yymmddhhmm)
sudo shutdown -r now (restarts the computer immediately)
the -h flag stands for halt, the -r flag stands for restart. If you
don't use one of these flags, the system will bring you into single
user mode.
As for restarting. . . I haven't found it yet, but that does not
suggest that it is not possible.
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David Gillam
BSD underpinnings, it should work:
Sudo init 6
This should shutdown the box, then immediately boot it back up again.
-Dave
On 3/5/03 11:39 PM, in article 060320030039355618%us...@unknown.invalid,
Koncept
> On 3/5/03 11:39 PM, in article 060320030039355618%us...@unknown.invalid,
> "Koncept" <us...@unknown.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <spamback-435FE6...@news.telus.net>, Donald Hall
> > <spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >
> >> There is no built-in way to do this in Mac
> >>>> OS
> >>>> X. It is another example of a feature missing in the latest OS.
> >
> > OUCH!
> >
> > Let me give you a couple Terminal tips for automated shutdown:
> >
> > sudo shutdown -h now (gracefully shutsdown the computer immediately)
> > sudo shutdown -h +5 (gracefully shutsdown the computer in 5 minutes)
> > sudo shutdown -h yymmddhhmm (absolute shutdown ~ yymmddhhmm)
> > sudo shutdown -r now (restarts the computer immediately)
> >
> > the -h flag stands for halt, the -r flag stands for restart. If you
> > don't use one of these flags, the system will bring you into single
> > user mode.
> >
> > As for restarting. . . I haven't found it yet, but that does not
> > suggest that it is not possible.
>
<David....@usa.com> wrote:
> Shooting from the hip here, as I've not tested this on OS X, but with its
> BSD underpinnings, it should work:
>
> Sudo init 6
>
> This should shutdown the box, then immediately boot it back up again.
>
> -Dave
>
>
Hey Dave. What you suggested will fail and return a message saying that
init is already running. The solution; however, to what you were trying
to suggest would be the following (as I had noted above):
sudo shutdown -r now
=)
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