how do I get cron to reboot my system?

[dwygant]

I wrote a script that should reboot my system every hour. I put the script in the cron.hourly folder yet it doesn't seem to work. The other scripts in cron.hourly do work.

i used nano to create the script and i used chmod 0775 to make the script executable. when i ./script it works fine. root is the owner of the script.

the contents of the script are as follows:

shutdown -h now


Does anyone know what I am missing?

I want this system to reboot every hour. I know that sounds strange but its necessary here.

[anomie]

PATH problem. Build the PATH up appropriately or use the FQ name:
/sbin/shutdown

Also, you might want to review the manpages for shutdown( 8 ). Using the -h option is not going to reboot your box.

I want this system to reboot every hour. I know that sounds strange but its necessary here.

May I ask why? There is almost certainly a better solution.

[dwygant]

Ah yes, the PATH... ok i think that did it. Thanks very much.

Yes, the -h, of course. I actually want the system to shutdown and stay down until I bring it up manually.

Do you know if I need a #!/bin/sh as the first line in my script?