Re: remote Shutdown Command

The flavour you use is different again from the three flavours I previously
quoted. Where does the command reside? Did you include the full drive+path
when invoking it?

Instead of just running shutdown, run this file:
@echo off
echo %date% %time% %UserName% >> c:\test.log
"c:\Some Folder\shutdown.exe /.. /.. 1>>c:\test.log 2>>&1
echo %date% %time% >> c:\test.log

What is the contents of c:\test.log when the command fails?


"Haggis" <Haggis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f]
[/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

I don't know about Windows 2000 Server but Windows 2000 Professional did
not
have a native shutdown command. You had to download a third-party
version.
Where does your version reside? What is its syntax? What do you get when
you
type "shutdown /?" ?


"Haggis" <Haggis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK...i am getting slightly confused. Refering to different flavours and
specifying drive and folder, does this mean that there are differnet
shutdown
files in a server installation? If so what are their different
locations.
If
not, why use different flavour over another and do you recommend a
specific
one for what i am trying to do?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

The syntax matters a great deal. Here it is for three different
flavours
of
shutdown.exe:

Flavour 1
======
Usage: SHUTDOWN [/?] [\\Computer] [/L] [/A] [/R] [/T:xx] ["Msg"] [/Y]
[/C]
/? Shows this screen.
\\Computer Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
/L Specifies a local shutdown.
/A Abortes a systemshutdown. This is only possible during
the
timeout period.If this switch is used, all other are
ignored.
/R Specifies that the machine should reboot after
shutdown.
/T:xx Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec.
default]
"Msg" Specifies an additional message
/Y Answer all following questinons with yes
/C Forces running applications to close.
ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the
applications option to save data which may
have canged. You will see no File-Save
dialog
box, because NT will force the application
to
close. This will result in a loss of all
data.
not previously saved !!!

Flavour 2
=======
Usage: shutdown [-lkurhs] [-f] [-c] [-t sec]
-l: Log Off.
-u: Shutdown (Turn Off).
-r: Restart.
-h: Hibernate.
-s: Stand By (Sleep).
-f: Force the action.
-c: Cancel a running shutdown.
-t sec: Delay for number of seconds.

Flavour 3
======
Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t
xx]
[-c "c
omment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

No args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the
first
option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m
option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to
shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127
characters)
-f Forces running applications to close
without
warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive
integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive
integer less than 65536)

Note that some flavours use slashes for the switches and others use
dashes.
I suspect that you have two flavours on your machine, and since you do
not
specify a drive or a folder name, you can never be sure which version
you
execute. Specifying drive + folder is compulsory if you want your
batch
files to be robust. For good measure you should add a file extension
too.

You should also drop the "call" instruction. It serves no purpose
here,
unless you're calling a batch file called "shutdown.bat" (which I hope
you
don't!).


"Haggis" <Haggis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I wouldn't have thought it would matter too much as the command semms
to
work
but under slightly different conditions, anyway the syntax i am
using
is:

call shutdown /s /f /m \\SERVERname

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Haggis" <Haggis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an odd issue. the scenario is this.
i have a server (A) connected to a UPS that is set to run a batch
file
when
the battery power gets to some predetermined level. THis batch
file
is
a
remote shutdown command to bring down the another server (B)
connected
to
the
UPS.

As part of the test i send a command line email before and after
the
remote
shutdown command so that i know that it has run. Now the remote
shutdown
command runs properly when i test it on the Server (A) and both
emails
are
sent. When i test it on the UPS, the emails are sent but the
remote
shutdown
command fails. I cannot understand why, it is obvious that the
command
is
running but as the emails fire, but no remote shutdown.

Any ideas? thanks in advance

You need to report precisely how the whole concept hangs together.
Presumably you use a batch file to send the EMail message and
perform
the
shutdown. Let's have a look at the batch file and the shutdown
command!
Since there are numerous shutdown commands, you must report which
one
you
use.











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