On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 22:16:38 -0400 "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
