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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:57:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Carlos Carnero <zopewiz@yahoo.com>
To:        Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Junior hacker assignment :o
Message-ID:  <20021105195745.66054.qmail@web21409.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10211051429520.3478-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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Hi,

--- Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> wrote:
> Um - its already in there - man shutdown


This is from an earlier message:

Hi,

--- DaleCo Help Desk <daleco@daleco.biz> wrote:
> And this is a need that "shutdown -r" doesn't
> address?

From an earlier message:

--- Steve Tremblett wrote:
> Does "shutdown -r now" reboot the machine without
> APM?

yes it does. And it can set for a specific time if I
use something other than now :)

But I need it for other purposes. Let me see if I can
explain this.

I'm using a real dumb UPS, which can signal FreeBSD
that not only the AC's gone, but that the battery will
be depleted. So, when this second signal arrives I
properly shutdown my server.

The problem (that just bit me yesterday) is that the
AC power was restored after the FreeBSD box was shut
down but _before_ the battery depleted. So, the
battery didn't reboot and my server was still "waiting
for a key to reboot". See the problem?

And I can't program the UPS.

Thanks a lot,
Carlos.

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