Re: Download manager
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 22:17, csj wrote:
> 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)
Have a look at lftp. Supports nearly anything, bandwidth control,
foreground, background, auto-nohup, ssh/scp, and https soon.
Its a lifesaver.
Kenneth
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