BusKill App: Command-Line Interface

This page will describe how to use the BusKill app in CLI mode.

To control BusKill via the CLI, use the same executable with arguments (executing buskill without arguments opens it in GUI mode).

Help

You can print a list of allowable arguments by passing the buskill app -h or --help

user@disp2781:~/Downloads/dist$ ./buskill.AppImage --help
buskill version {'GITHUB_REF': 'refs/heads/v0.1.0', 'GITHUB_SHA': '120db24f2334071404e238123b94e51cf5987dce', 'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH': '1596189086'}
usage: buskill [-h] [-v] [-a]

App for arming and configuring BusKill.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose  increase output verbosity
  -a, --arm      Arms BusKill
user@disp2781:~/Downloads/dist$

Arming

To arm BusKill, execute it with the -a or --arm argument

user@disp2781:~/Downloads/dist$ ./buskill.AppImage --arm
buskill version {'GITHUB_REF': 'refs/heads/v0.1.0', 'GITHUB_SHA': '120db24f2334071404e238123b94e51cf5987dce', 'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH': '1596189086'}
DEBUG: attempting to arm BusKill
INFO: BusKill is armed. Listening for removal event.
INFO: To disarm the CLI, exit with ^C or close this terminal

Disarming

To disarm BusKill, simply send SIGTERM by typing ctrl+c or closing the terminal