NAME
etc/shutdown - server shutdown control file
DESCRIPTION
If the file etc/shutdown is present it describes when a Hyla FAX server is to be shutdown and may contain a descriptive message to return to clients explaining the reason for the shutdown. This file is used by the hfaxd(8) program.
The file has the following format:
<year>
<month> <day> <hour>
<minute> <deny>
<disconnect>
<shutdown message text>
The first line defines the date and time the server should be shutdown and the time preceding at which unprivileged clients should be denied service or disconnected; these fields are described in more detail below. Any lines that follow the first are taken as the text of a message to return to clients when notifying them of a scheduled shutdown or when denying them service.
<year> |
The decimal year; e.g. 1996. | ||
<month> |
The decimal month; e.g. 10 for October. | ||
<day> |
The decimal day of the month in the range [1..31]. | ||
<hour> |
The decimal hour since midnight; in the range [0..23]. | ||
<minute> |
The decimal minute after the hour; in the range [0..59]. | ||
<deny> |
The time prior to the shutdown time at which to deny service to unprivileged clients. This value is specified as decimal number in the form HHMM; e.g. 130 for 1 hour and 30 minutes. |
<disconnect>
Time time prior to the shutdown time at which to disconnect unprivileged clients that are logged in to the server. This value is specified as a decimal number in the form HHMM.
NOTES
This file is typically created using the ’’ SHUT ’’ command supported by hfaxd(8).