download manager with delay start

Kurt Granroth plug-discuss at granroth.org
Thu Dec 21 19:35:08 MST 2006


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.

I would tend to lean towards using cron and wget... BUT, if you prefer a
GUI manager, then check out wxDFast

http://dfast.sourceforge.net/

It's a pretty full featured download manager. I think its main goal
tends to be simultaneous downloads of different parts of a file for
maximized bandwidth use... but it does have a scheduled download
feature.  You can set a one-time download for a specific time or even
set up recurring downloads.  It looks pretty slick.

Kurt


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