Starting ktorrent using the AT command [Solved]

[dixonpete]

I'd like to use the AT command to start up kTorrent after we all go to bed since the bandwidth it uses makes surfing/online video problematic.

simply using
at 23:00
ktorrent [enter]
^D
doesn't seem to cut it

Any suggestions?

[YouCanToo]

I'd like to use the AT command to start up kTorrent after we all go to bed since the bandwidth it uses makes surfing/online video problematic.

simply using
at 23:00
ktorrent [enter]
^D
doesn't seem to cut it

Any suggestions?

I thought the format was

AT {shell} {filename} {time}

example:   at -b -f myprogram -t 23:00

Here is the man page for AT  http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?at

[Archie]

@dixonpete, check out mail and you ought to get a message similar to the following:

KGlobal::locale::Warning your global KLocale is being recreated with a valid main component instead of a fake component, this usually means you tried to call i18n related functions before your main component was created. You should not do that since it most likely will not work
ktorrent: cannot connect to X server
unnamed app(7808): Communication problem with  "ktorrent" , it probably crashed.

I am not sure why ktorrent is not launching/crashing but your syntax should be good.

[Archie]

I think I figured it out.

add -display :0.0 after the app you want to launch at a specified time.

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[archie@localhost ~]$ at 12:00
warning: commands will be executed using (in order) a) $SHELL b) login shell c) /bin/sh
at> ktorrent -display :0.0
at> <EOT>
job 14 at Fri Nov 18 12:00:00 2011
I hope it also fix it up for you.

[dixonpete]

Sure did, tx. Any idea then how to safely terminate ktorrent in a similar way? Currently I use halt.

It's great to be able to start programs that way.

[Archie]

Have you tried

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killall ktorrent
it's what I command my conky.