Using the full path was successful.
As an aside, why does which shutdown return /usr/bin/shutdown when the
shutdown app is located in /bin/shutdown? What value does the /usr part
of the path have in this context?
I suppose I should use force, but I never have anything running when I
run the backup script that this is part of.
LMH
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Sep 1 14:51, LMH wrote:
I have a bash script that runs rsync and I have been trying to add a
command to shutdown the computer after the backup has finished
running.
I have added,
shutdown -s now
and also tried,
shutdown -s 5
shutdown -x now
shutdown -x 5
but the computer doesn't shut down. Running which shutdown gives me,
/usr/bin/shutdown
so I know its there.
Any suggestions?
Try the -f/--force option. Note that shutdown can succeed even if the
machine won't actually shutdown. See, for instance, the remarks section
on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376874%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Corinna
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