launch deluge autoomatically using scheduled tasks

[steninj]

hey i'v got a situation..

i want to launch deluge using scheduled tasks..,,
everyday at 02:10am...(i don't want to use deluge scheduler)

i want to know command and default behaviour.

&if posible..give me a command so that my system automatically shuts down at 7am...

please help..i need a solution..

i am using ubuntu 10.10

thank you

[Paddy Landau]

To schedule tasks, you need cron. Google cron (or type man 5 crontab in a terminal) to find out how it works.

Type the following command from the terminal or from Alt-F2:

VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e

This will bring up your cron table, which is probably empty.

Enter the following lines (blank lines and lines starting with # are comments and are ignored).

# Prevent filling up your mailbox.
MAILTO=''

# Start Deluge every day at 2:10 a.m.
10 2 * * * deluge

Save the file and close gedit.

To shut down, enter the shutdown command into Alt-F2 (type man shutdown into a terminal to find how it works).

sudo shutdown -P 7:00

Note: If you use a terminal, you will have to modify the command so that you can close the terminal:

sudo nohup shutdown -P 7:00 &>/dev/null &

[steninj]

thnx for ur interest Paddy Landau,,
but its not working

[Paddy Landau]

thnx for ur interest Paddy Landau,,
but its not working

You need to be much more specific than that. Remember that I can't see your computer.

What's not working -- Deluge or shutdown or amending your crontab?

How do you know it's not working -- does it give an error? Does Deluge simply not start? What exactly is (or is not) going on?

[steninj]

am really sorry for that,,now i will explain...

"VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e" i tried this command in alt+F2..
then i get this error..
"Could not open location 'file:///home/stenin/VISUAL='gedit'%20crontab%20-e'"

Error stating file '/home/stenin/VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e': No such file or directory...

then i tried it in terminal...
i saved it and closed gedit..
but i get this message in terminal..



stenin@DreamER:~$ VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to rename file '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel.JJX6TV' to '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel': g_rename() failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to rename file '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel.D3O5TV' to '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel': g_rename() failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to rename file '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel.DODOTV' to '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel': g_rename() failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to rename file '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel.R4C9TV' to '/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel': g_rename() failed: Operation not permitted

(gedit:3605): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/home/stenin/.recently-used.xbel', but failed: Operation not permitted
crontab: installing new crontab
stenin@DreamER:~$



i will try shutdown commmand later and tell you..

now,,

YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THIS TOO

i'v launched deluge&shutdown command osuccessfully in one of the previous version of ubuntu..


i opened "scheduled tasks" using some command...
then i add a recurrent task,one for deluge& one for shutdown..

i used this command i think.. "deluge --ui=gtk"

i don't have the shutdown command with me now

now i forgot even its "default behaviour" which i used then..
i'v no idea about programng and all,i got this commands from some sites..

thank u Paddy Landau...

[BugBuster]

Since deluge is a gui application you need to specify the display environment variable in the crontab.. like

10 2 * * * export DISPLAY=:0.0 && /usr/bin/deluge

Also to shutdown...you have to add the following to the root's crontab

00 07 * * * halt

adding sudo shutdown to your crontab will not work...as you won't be able to enter the sudo password.

[Paddy Landau]

"VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e" i tried this command in alt+F2..
then i get this error..
"Could not open location 'file:///home/stenin/VISUAL='gedit'%20crontab%20-e'"

Sorry, that was my mistake. You were right to try it from the terminal.

i saved it and closed gedit..
but i get this message in terminal..

That is a bit strange. Please try this (in a terminal):

cd ~
sudo chown stenin:stenin .recently*

Then try again to edit your crontab.

BugBuster is right about putting halt into your root's crontab if you want to execute it every day.

sudo VISUAL='gedit' crontab -e

I had understood it was a one-off request, in which case entering it into the terminal as I showed you would do fine.

[steninj]

thank u guys,
but

it shows this error..

chown: changing ownership of `.recently-used.xbel': Operation not permitted


but now am able to shut down automatically...
i used this command in scheduled tasks.. "/sbin/shutdown -h now"

&i used this command to get sch.tasks.. "sudo gnome-schedule"


i want deluge to be launched everyday,at a specific time..

[Paddy Landau]

chown: changing ownership of `.recently-used.xbel': Operation not permitted

Did you remember to put 'sudo' in front of the chown command?

[steninj]

yes... ofcourse i did...
but still it shows the same messege