Is there anway to setup when boinc should run via command line?

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Is there anyway to setup when boinc should run via command line?

Yes. When do you want it to run? Do you want it autostarted via the daemon? Run the binstall.sh script to install the service and start the daemon. Do you want it started as one of your Startup Applications? Use that utility. Are you running headless without the Desktop?

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sorry i meant to set the days and time to run.

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sorry i meant to set the days and time to run.

You would set that normally in the BOINC Manager program Options >> Computing Preferences >> Daily Schedules interface.

I don't know if you can set that via the command line. I don't see any mention of that feature in the boinccmd tool cheat sheet.
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Boinccmd_tool

You could just setup a crontab and run the cron job. That is a general tool within Linux and has nothing specific to do with BOINC.

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That's part of the global_prefs_override.xml file with this format:

<global_preferences>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>0</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>1</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>2</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>3</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>4</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>5</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>6</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
</global_preferences>

Day 0 is Sunday, day 6 is Saturday

If you also want to set when BOINC can use the internet add:

<global_preferences>
   <day_prefs>
      <day_of_week>0</day_of_week>
      <start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
      <end_hour>24.00</end_hour>
      <net_start_hour>0.00</net_start_hour>
      <net_end_hour>24:00</net_end_hour>
   </day_prefs>
</global_preferences>

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Wow, cool tip Jord. Didn't know that mechanism at all. So there you go, you have the ability write out that file to run the client when you want from the command line.

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I see I made a typo in the latter part. 24:00 should be 24.00 with a decimal point, not a colon.

23:00 is 23.00
23:15 is 23.25
23:30 is 23.50
23:45 is 23.75
23:59 is 23.98

You can extrapolate all times from that.

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