Shutdown via Cron Job: switch is -p or -h?

[panz]

I'd like to shutdown my FreeNAS server every Monday at 3:00 a.m., so I setup a simple Cron Job like this:

User: Root

Command: shutdown -p now

Redirect Stdout: Checked

Redirect Stderr: Checked

The switch is -p or -h?

 

[dlavigne]

From http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=shutdown, -p will also power down the system if the hardware supports it.

 

[Yatti420]

That is correct and how I set mine up.. I have to go back through all my cron jobs soon..

 

[panz]

Thank you @Yatti420

 

[Yatti420]

Note: If you don't run as root it will fail.. As well as many other crons that need root..

 

[panz]

I just tried from a SSH session: the -h switch doesn't power off the machine (as expected), so only the -p switch accomplishes the desired result.

 

[cyberjock]

-h halts the box... -p power's off the box if the hardware supports ACPI.