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 > > -- > 2E0AXU > > Blindness Advocacy Self Help (BASH Online) > bashonline-subscribe at yahoogroups.com > > Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
