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Posted 03-27-2011 at 05:56 AM by sumeet inani
Updated 03-28-2011 at 06:20 AM by sumeet inani

This is about scheduling download on remote vista machine via telnet.

I wanted to give link , file name & time as input to script which will start background process executing batch file ( created by script ) on schedule.

After an hour I came out with

Code:

Tree
<dir> bat
<dir> log
<dir> done
template.bat
chp.exe
wget.exe
touch.exe


template.bat CODE
:while
set /p name=file name (write end to exit) :-
if %name%==end goto stop
echo cd <folder-containing-batch-files> > bat\%name%.bat
echo <drive-letter>:  >> bat\%name%.bat
set /p link=URL:-
echo wget %link%  -a logs\%name%.log >> bat\%name%.bat
echo touch done\%name%.done    >> bat\%name%.bat
time /t @this is current time
set /p tod=time to schedule job :-
at %tod% <full path of chp.exe> cmd /c <full path of %name%.bat>
goto while
:stop

You can keep feeding links .

I got
touch (http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/)
wget (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm)
chp (http://www.commandline.co.uk/chp/)
for vista from unixutils

These applications are crafty. Thanks to developers.

You can use

Code:

(1)'tail' (from unixutils) of logfile to know ETA 
(2)'if exist <file-1.done> if exist <file-2.done> ... so on ... shutdown /s' to automatically turn off computer after all files have been downloaded.

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Code:

template
file name (write end to exit) :-fn2
URL:-http://download843.mediafire.com/gnyvblcgnrmg/cexz23f5t9s3t1b/Finding+Nemo+-+Sha2lba.Com_By_Sam.part2.rar
03:59 PM
time to schedule job :-16:00
Added a new job with job ID = 24
file name (write end to exit) :-fn3
URL:-http://download843.mediafire.com/070j0q671ygg/avmtzv8e3t182vt/Finding+Nemo+-+Sha2lba.Com_By_Sam.part3.rar
03:59 PM
time to schedule job :-16:00
Added a new job with job ID = 25
file name (write end to exit) :-fn4
URL:-http://download1334.mediafire.com/8d253gjlg1hg/3a487e6yqin7b54/Finding+Nemo+-+Sha2lba.Com_By_Sam.part4.rar
03:59 PM
time to schedule job :-16:01
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
file name (write end to exit) :-end

I don't understand why fn4.bat did not ran .
can you spot error in template.bat ?

Posted 05-17-2011 at 05:33 AM by sumeet inani sumeet inani is offline