SYNOPSIS

       downtime [ config-file ]

DESCRIPTION

       DownTime  is  a GTK front-end to the standard UNIX shutdown(8) utility,
       which must be present in some form on your system for DownTime to func-
       tion correctly.

       Specify  a  configuration  file  on  the  command-line  to override the
       default configuration file location.

REQUIREMENTS

       In order to work correctly, DownTime must be able  to  locate  a  shut-
       down(8)  binary  on the system. If it can't be found in the usual PATH,
       DownTime checks for it at "/sbin/shutdown".

       Furthermore, users hoping to make use of DownTime must have  permission
       to  execute shutdown(8) successfully (i.e., if you can't do a "shutdown
       -p now" from a command-line, DownTime isn't going to work either).

       On some systems (such as FreeBSD) the "/sbin/shutdown" binary is setuid
       root, so a user simply has to have "execute" permissions on the file. A
       thorough explanation of how this might be accomplished is out of  scope
       here, but "chmod o+x /sbin/shutdown" might do the trick. Please see the
       chmod(1) man(1) page for more information.

       On the other hand, some other systems (e.g., at least some Linuxes)  do
       not  implement  such  a configuration. Please consult the documentation
       for your system on how to allow ordinary users to execute  shutdown(8).

USAGE

       The  DownTime  interface  is  (hopefully!)  highly intuitive and should
       present no problems for users.

       Please note that, as shutdown(8) can  only  specify  shutdowns  with  a
       granularity  of  one minute, pausing and resuming a shutdown will round
       the shutdown timer up to the nearest minute.

FILES

       ~/.downtime    default location for stored DownTime settings

LICENSE

       DownTime is released under a two-clause BSD license. Please  check  the
       file  "COPYRIGHT" in the root of the DownTime source distribution for a
       full copy of the license.

CONTACT

       Should you wish to contact the DownTime developer(s), please to so  via
       downtime@nickwithers.com

SEE ALSO

       chmod(1), shutdown(8)