How do I make applications launch at a given time?

I would like to launch Transmission each night so that it can do it's stuff Whilst I sleep. Does anyone know how I could do this?

I use Unix's cron utility via a simple GUI front end "Cronnix". Basically you tell it (1) what time and how often, (2) the path to the application (or whatever) you want to run at those times.
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Hi Peter and a warm welcome to Discussions!
RedPeter505 wrote:
is TM deleting files that have only been on my computer short term?
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