> On 6/10/05, Simon Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your question does seem a bit odd though. If you had mentioned > > what&why you are really trying to achieve, then perhaps > there would be > > a better or more appropriate way... > > Basically optusnet cable gives you free bandwidth from 2am > til 9am. I want BitTorrent (python script) to start up at > 2am, (and prefferably stop at 9am) automatically so that i > can take full advantage of this free bandwidth without > wasting my other bandwidth all the time. > > I will try your suggestions and let you know.
If you're not averse to using Java, Azureus (excellent bt client) has a plugin available (SpeedScheduler) for setting bandwidth limits at different times. You can, for example, upload at all hours, and pause or throttle downloads between 9am and 2am. - Rog -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
