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+.TH "down" "8" "January 1997" "Speak 0.2" "Text-to-Speech" 
+.PP 
+.SH NAME 
+.PP
+\fBdown\fP - warn and then shutdown system.
+.PP 
+.SH SYNOPSIS 
+.PP 
+\fBdown\fP [\fIseconds\fP] 
+.PP 
+.SH DESCRIPTION 
+.PP
+The Text-to-speech package introduces a standard TCP/IP port service for
+attaching text-to-speech resources to your network.  These resources can
+be used to monitor system status, provide verbal alarms, etc.  This network
+service may be accessed by telnetting to a machine running a "speak" server,
+or by using the various application utilities, such as \fBdown\fP.
+.PP
+
+The \fBdown\fP program will provide a warning with a countdown that may
+be aborted.  When the countdown reaches 0, your system will begin a normal
+shutdown and reboot.  The warning and countdown is shown on screen and
+spoken over the text-to-speech interface.  The \fBdown\fP program uses the
+[\fIdown\fP] information in \fBspeak.conf\fP for default values.  Only an
+alternate countdown (in seconds) may be specified via a command line
+argument.
+
+.PP
+The [\fIdown\fP] section specifies a default timer to use, the hostname
+where the speech server is running, and the program to execute to bring
+the system down.  If you are using \fBdown\fP on a machine that does not
+have it's own text-to-speech server, then you will need to create a local
+\fB/etc/speak.conf\fP file on that machine with at minimum a [\fIdown\fP]
+section with an entry for the text-to-speech host server to use.
+
+.PP
+.SH SEE ALSO 
+.PP 
+.BR speak.conf (7)
+.PP 
+.SH AUTHOR
+.PP 
+David Sugar (dyfet@tycho.com)
+.PP