Showing posts with label rtcwake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rtcwake. Show all posts

Friday, December 10, 2010

rtcwake : Wake up your system after given time.

Waking up the pc is the common need of every moderate users. In that case rtcwake is a useful utility for you. Using this utility you can wake up your linux box at any given time. So, why do we need to wake up the poor soul. Because of the following reasons:
  • System clean-up when you are busy sleeping after exploiting the pc for a whole day.
  • Routine System backup when you are busy attending other emergencies. 
  • Running a cron job like buzzing a song to wake you up. 
The usage can be endless. To install this program. Execute commands below.

sudo apt-get install rtcwake
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/rtcwake

An example of the rtcwake command can be
rtcwake -m mem -s 300