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Re: [OT] End of the world



Dom wrote:
> Erwan David wrote:
> >Wolf Halton wrote:
> > > Urs Thuermann wrote:
> > > darkestkhan wrote:
> > > >  Isn't this a bit too fast ? Wasn't End of the World scheduled in
> > > >  crontab for 21.12.2012 ? ;)
> > >
> > > You cannot specify a year using crontab(1) or in /etc/crontab.  You
> > > could, however, specify that the end of the world will happen on each
> > > December 21, in any year :-)
> >
> > but you can using at(1).
> 
> # echo "halt" | at end of world

As long as that is halt(8) and not "Halt and Catch Fire"[1].  :-)

  [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire

Sorry.  I couldn't resist.

Bob

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