On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:17:57 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 9/30/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:21:16 -0400 > > Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Hi, I am running rtorrent and I was wondering if it is possible for the > > > > system to turn the program off at certain times, and turn it back on at > > > > other times. > > > > > > You can probably use use `cron' to achieve this. > > > > I struggled for a while to figure out how to do exactly this, without > > success. I believe that cron does not work, since (at least some) > > ncurses apps insist on being run from a terminal. > > > usually such problems have to do with the differences of the > environment (bash variables) - you can customize the env. of cron to > overcome this problem
I don't currently have rtorrent installed, but can you give a bit more explanation or a pointer for future reference? What differences in the environment do you mean? Which variables have to be modified, and to what values? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
