Hi Thanks, I'll give ncftp a go. Maybe that'll be easier than trying to write code to which I'm not qualified. Gena On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 10:20:15AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ---end quoted text--- -- 2E0AXU Blindness Advocacy Self Help (BASH Online) bashonline-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux
