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| − | To run ''transmission'' from the [[w:crontab|crontab]] (''/etc/crontab''), it must be associated with a display as in the following example. The first line starts ''transmission'' at midnight, and the second stops it at 8am. | + | To run ''transmission'' from the [[w:crontab|crontab]] (''/etc/crontab''), it must be associated with a display as in the following example. The first line starts ''transmission'' at midnight, and the second stops it at 8am. Edit the crontab with <tt>sudo nano /etc/crontab</tt>. |
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0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 | 0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 | ||
Revision as of 10:10, 23 September 2008
Transmission is the default P2P torrent downloading application that comes with Ubuntu.
Starting and stopping on schedule
To run transmission from the crontab (/etc/crontab), it must be associated with a display as in the following example. The first line starts transmission at midnight, and the second stops it at 8am. Edit the crontab with sudo nano /etc/crontab.
0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 0 8 * * * username transmission --display=:0 --quit
