Scheduling downloads

[Janina Sajka]

You might want to use the at command for scheduling commands to execute.
That could trigger a script.

Better stille, though, is ncftp which provides a built in capibility for
scheduling background gets and puts. You don't even have to be logged in
for it to work.

Maybe lftp does this too. I don't know. I have always just used ncftp
for this kind of thing. It meets my needs nicely.

Janina

Georgina Joyce writes:
> Hi All
> 
> My ISP requests that I schedule downloads during off peak hours and as I'm looking at downloading a DVD image, I'm wondering how I can start my download.
> 
> Of course I could wait until midnight and start the download but I wondered if there was a more automated way.  Even to stop at 08:00 and resume the following midnight.  I know that I could use cron but I would need to specify a time and the download location, which seems a little scary.  I'd usually use lftp but maybe another client might offer a solution?  Just thought, might wget do the job?  Any suggestions anyone?
> 
> Gena
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