[Novalug] Need help: Need to build Apcupsd on a FreeBSD 6.2 box

[Ed T. Toton III]

Thus spake donjr:

> Why didn't you just use this instead:
>
>  #!/bin/sh
>  exec /sbin/shutdown -P +3 "system will power off in three minutes from now" &
>
>
> If power comes up before the three minutes expires all you have to
> arrange to happen is the sending of:
>  /sbin/shutdown -c "Power has been restored..."
>
>  { see "man shutdown" the '-c' means cancel ... :-}
>
> If 'shutdown -P' doesn't power off your system then you need to adjust 
> the shutdown subsystem.


Because that would make sense. :)

Actually it was a quick and dirty kluge that I haven't messed with in 
years.


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