On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 22:17, csj wrote: > 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)
Have a look at lftp. Supports nearly anything, bandwidth control, foreground, background, auto-nohup, ssh/scp, and https soon. Its a lifesaver. Kenneth > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
