From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47] helo=mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FXFMf-0003KZ-00 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:29:21 -0400 Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060422102846.HHTA29343.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:28:46 +0100 Received: from sparky ([86.20.72.172]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with SMTP id <20060422102846.ETUP19763.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@sparky> for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:28:46 +0100 Message-ID: <000a01c665f7$8c6589f0$1d02a8c0@sparky> From: "Chris Norman" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20060422002341.GA2929@genaj.plus.com> Subject: Re: Scheduling downloads Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:28:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:29:21 -0000 How about a combination of at and wget? HTH, Chris Norman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Joyce" To: Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: Scheduling downloads > 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@yahoogroups.com > > Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup