how do i shutdown a server from the command prompt?
 

how do i do it and how do i announce how much time before shut down?

In-game you can do this: #worldshutdown [Seconds Until Shutdown] [Message Interval In Seconds]

So for 10 minutes with a 30 second interval between messages to log out you can do this: #worldshutdown 600 30

Or if you want to shut it down immediately you can do this: #worldshutdown now

To cancel it you can do this: #worldshutdown disable

So... In essence your answer is no you can't?

No, that isn't my answer. Go to the 'variables' table and set 'disablecommandline' to '1' then restart your server and you can just type in "worldshutdown [Seconds] [Interval]" in the world.exe.

You can probably do it through telnet too.

thank you!

You're welcome.