Re: shutdown of linux box from cron perl script
From: Eric Peterson (lastname_nospam_at_heritage.nv.gov)
Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:02:25 GMT
PS. I forgot to say just how I've tried to command the shutdown from perl:
system "shutdown -r now";
`shutdown -r now`;
and variations with 10 second delay, or with and without a newline (\n)
"Eric Peterson" <lastname_nospam@heritage.nv.gov> wrote in message news:...
> Sorry for the cross-posting, but I'm not sure if this question lands on
the
> perl side of things, or the linux side...
>
> I have a perl script that runs once a minute to check various things.
Under
> one condition I want it to reboot the system. The command line equivalent
> of "shutdown -r 10". I can get the script to work perfectly if I manually
> run it from the command-line, "./myshutdownscript.pl". But when it runs
> automatically from cron, the shutdown command seems to be ignored, though
> all other output indicates the perl script is running fine.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Using: Debian Sarge, kernel 2.6, pentiumIII box, Perl 5.8.4
>
> Thanks!
> -Eric
>
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