Re: Computer shut down from within Octave?

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 4 October 2012 11:50, babelproofreader <address@hidden> wrote:
> Is this possible? For example, if I want to run some script overnight while
> sleeping and I'm not sure exactly how long it will take, is there some
> command from within Octave that can be sent to the computer system to shut
> down the computer after the script has finished running? My motivation is
> simply that if the script stops at say 2 am I don't want the computer to be
> on unnecessarily for perhaps another 4 or 5 hours.

Since apparently you're now running Debian, doing system("sudo halt
-n") should do it, except that this will require typing a password,
and assuming you setup Debian to use sudo.

- Jordi G. H.