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Sorted. The problem is NOT FreeFileSync. The problem is that when one tests the batch file with GnomeScheduler it is NOT path dependant BUT when GS runs the batch file, it is. It is therefore essential thet the full file path to shutdown is used. So the On Completion line needs to be

/sbin/shutdown ...

Thanks. systemctl doesn't work with V14.04 though as yuou say, it does with 15.10. As a slightly inelegant work-round I changed the ownership of shutdown:

sudo chown root:your_user_name /sbin/shutdown && sudo chmod 4770 /sbin/shutdown

And used shutdown -P now

I'll see how that goes. It is a one ...

Thanks. systemctl doesn't work with V14.04 though as yuou say, it does with 15.10. As a slightly inelegant work-round I changed the ownership of shutdown:

sudo chown root:your_user_name /sbin/shutdown && sudo chmod 4770 /sbin/shutdown

And used shutdown -P now

I'll see how that goes. It is a one ...

Getting my head round FFS (Ver 7.7 build 3) after migrating from Windows & Allwaysync pro. All sync jobs appear to be running nicely with Gnome scheduler except (and you were expecting an except...) for the "On completion" shutdown. Which doesn't. No errors anywhere, machine just happily keeps ...