Difference between revisions of "Transmission"
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== Starting and stopping on schedule == | == Starting and stopping on schedule == | ||
| − | 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 '''sudo nano /etc/crontab'''. | + | 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 '''sudo nano /etc/crontab''', and add the following lines (replace ''username'' with your Linux username). |
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0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 | 0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 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, and add the following lines (replace username with your Linux username).
0 0 * * * username transmission --display=:0 0 8 * * * username transmission --display=:0 --quit
