---
name: "kboincspy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kboincspy"
version: "0.9.1-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kboincspy"
---

# kboincspy(1)

A BOINC monitoring tool for KDE

## NAME

KBoincSpy - A BOINC monitoring tool for KDE

## SYNOPSIS

**kboincspy**  \[*Qt-options*\] \[*KDE-options*\] \[*URL*\]

## DESCRIPTION

KBoincSpy is a KDE monitor and control utility for the BOINC client. It displays a lot of useful information about the computation of work units, such as the percent of work done, and estimates of the completion time and credits granted. It can be also used to control the behavior of the BOINC client, allowing the user to attach to (as well as detach from) projects, start/stop the computation, or suspend all network communications.

## OPTIONS

For a full summary of options, run **kboincspy**  **--help-all**.

- FC**--help**F\[0\]

  Show help about options

- FC**--help-qt**F\[0\]

  Show Qt specific options

- FC**--help-kde**F\[0\]

  Show KDE specific options

- FC**--help-all**F\[0\]

  Show all options

- FC**--author**F\[0\]

  Show author information

- FC**-v, --version**F\[0\]

  Show version information

- FC**--license**F\[0\]

  Show license information

## ARGUMENTS

- FC**URL**F\[0\]

  The location of a BOINC client working directory. URL can be a pathname (relative or absolute) or a KIO slave URL, which allows KBoincSpy to monitor remote BOINC clients.

## SEE ALSO

Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Center. You can also enter the URL \
  ⟨help:/kboincspy⟩ directly into Konqueror or you can run  **khelpcenter help:/kboincspy** from the command-line.

Homepage: \
  ⟨http://kboincspy.sourceforge.net⟩

## AUTHOR

KBoincSpy was written by Roberto A. Virga  \<FCrvirga@users.sourceforge.netF\[0\]\>.

This manual page was written by Frank S. Thomas \<FCfst@debian.orgF\[0\]\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.