Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 08:58:42 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Global Users Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: system restart after some seconds Message-ID: <20130105085842.c5d70579.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1357371837.19307.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1357371837.19307.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:43:57 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: > How can I restart my freeBSD after specific seconds ? Unelegant and obvious: # sleep 10 ; shutdown -r now If you need this to happen automatically, use /etc/rc.local, and maybe put the whole command into background using (...)&. Beware - endless loop! You need to be fast enough to revert the change or go to SUM to do so. :-) Parameters to shutdown itself, as well as for the "at" command, only allow minutes as most precise elements; see "man shutdown" and "man at" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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