Hello Ben,

18 Jun 15 02:30, you wrote to me:

 BR> I have plenty of date oriented jobs that could benefit from linux, and
 BR> afford me a chunk of playtime to boot. I just need a way to start 'em
 BR> and finish it clean. Actually I would need a shutdown function not a
 BR> reboot (g). Win 7 Pro will start a Debian VM same time each day which
 BR> does it's thing then disappears. :)

Normally you don't have to reboot Linux to effect changes, that's why I'm 
asking.  It sounds like you should set up cron jobs under root's crontab 
instead of using one of the init scripts.

--Sean

... AD&D Lesson #201:  Never scratch your back with a Vorpal Sword.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910