All, Even if we solve this by going for an alternative approach as to using a text based program, we still need a method by which we can run some curses based application For this we can use "screen" (man screen) Open a new terminal and then run the program After running this program, we can use cron to send ***** kill -STOP <pid> ***** kill -CONT <pid> change (*****) with the cron timing which seuits you. This way we can start and stop the program at will.
On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 17:07 -0400, Celejar wrote: > 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 > > -- Bhasker C V Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org) The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
