Crontab for shutdown not working

kodi4me · August 19, 2018 at 6:43 PM

Hello,

I'd like to shutdown my Pi3/Libreelec everyday at 23:00.

Adding the following line after "crontab -e" did'nt work:

00 23 * * * shutdown.sh

I don't have any problem to use shutdown when accessing the pi via putty but unfortunately I don't get crontab with shutdown to work.

Thynks a lot for your help.

Kind regards

kodi4me

**vpeter** · August 19, 2018 at 6:57 PM

Check if you have cron service enabled in LibreELEC setttings.

Also use full path for shutdown.sh.

kodi4me · August 19, 2018 at 7:20 PM

Hello vpeter,

thanks a lot for you quick answer.

Where can I find the full path to shutdown.sh or do I have to create a file called shutdown.sh containing just shutdown?

Kind Regards

kodi4me

**vpeter** · August 19, 2018 at 7:32 PM

Seems you just need to use

Code

00 23 * * * /usr/sbin/shutdown

kodi4me · August 19, 2018 at 8:09 PM

I'll give it a try and reply tomorrow.

Kind regards

kodi4me

kodi4me · August 20, 2018 at 7:55 PM

Worked like a charm.

Thanks a lot for helping vpeter.

Kind regards

kodi4me