Re: Download manager
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 22:16:38 -0400
"Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <dman@dman.ddts.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:54:05AM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> |
> | Is there a download manager for linux at all ?
>
> gtm
>
> | I would like to schedule late night downloads.
>
> This can be scripted quite nicely with cron and 'wget'.
I prefer at + gtm.
$ echo "gtm" ; echo 'export DISPLAY=:0 ; gtm' | at 0:50
should fire up gtm for the coming night. You need to be logged onto
X, a security risk if you're not a home user. If you're on a permanent
connection, you can put in a "killall" for both "gtm" and "wget" (the
underlying process) to stop the download.
For dialup users, gtm has the feature of letting you resume when a
connection is reestablished. If your computer is always on and you're on
dialup, you can keep gtm up all the time. To download Redhat 8.0's cool
new unified desktop in a few weeks time you can issue a series of
persistent:
$ echo "Connect to ISP" ; echo 'pon isp' | at 0:50 Oct 17
$ echo "Connect to ISP" ; echo 'pon isp' | at 0:50 Oct XX
gtm can then be configured to "poff" the connection when finished
(Settings menu / Preference dialog / Download tab: Run command when all
downloads completed)
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