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[porkop]

Hi, I have added the following to my crontab....in bold/red

root@dm7020 ~ # crontab -l
0 6 * * * /var/bin/oztivo_au.sh > /tmp/oztivo_au.sh.log 2>&1
0 4 * * * init 6
root@dm7020 ~ #

I am assuming that this is all I will need to allow an reboot at 4am each morning??

thanks

porkop

[jimbo123]

Probably,.. Have never actually done it,.. You could also try 'reboot' or 'shutdown -r now' all without the quotes.

[z1gg33]

be interesting to see if it works (as it should)...can you please post if it works.
edit: has to be a shutdown.sh or reboot.sh sitting somewhere if all else fails.

[jimbo123]

edit: has to be a shutdown.sh or reboot.sh sitting somewhere if all else fails.

Most Unixy flavors have them located within /sbin

e.g. for the VuDuo:

root@vuduo ~ # which reboot
/sbin/reboot
root@vuduo ~ # which shutdown
/sbin/shutdown
root@vuduo ~ #

and for a Linux host I have here:

jimbo@mythtv:/tmp$ which reboot
/sbin/reboot
jimbo@mythtv:/tmp$ which shutdown
/sbin/shutdown

[porkop]

Hi guys, just an update, the "init 6" didnt work, I replaced it with a "reboot" and now the dm7020 reboots every morning at 4am.

That has taken care of any issues I have experienced from prolong and continual running without a break.