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.TH "down" "8" "January 1997" "Speak 0.2" "Text-to-Speech"
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.SH NAME
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\fBdown\fP - warn and then shutdown system.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBdown\fP [\fIseconds\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR speak.conf (7)
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.SH AUTHOR
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David Sugar (dyfet@tycho.com)
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