download manager with delay start

[Jim]

JT Moree wrote:
> I need to download files overnight while no one is here to keep from using all
> the bandwidth during the day.
> 
> Does anyone know of a download manager that has a time setting.  I am going to
> script something using wget if I can't find one that already exists.  There are
> tons of download managers and I figure one of them should have this feature.

So often I've seen questions on this list that I couldn't answer.  Now 
there's one I can.  In the crontab file for my user account, I have the 
following entry.

00 18 * * * /usr/bin/podget.sh

At 18:00 (6pm) podget.sh runs.  It uses wget to downoad the podcasts I 
subscribe to.

This should work for you.  Just substitute /usr/bin/podget.sh with a 
script that calls wget to download whatever you want downloaded.

Hint, my linux box uses Slackware 10.  Look at the man page for crontab 
on your system for more information.

Someone else can probably give a more detailed reply, but this should 
point you in the right direction.

Jim

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