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05-14-2013, 05:32 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Automation of download from a URL
I need to download a file weekly from a fixed location; www.website.com/shows/
Does anyone know of a programme which will do this please - I have one that schedules downloads weekly via ftp - but can't find a way of automating it via http.
Many thanks..http://www.1mix.co.uk Its all about the music..
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05-14-2013, 06:09 PM #2Junior Guru
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If you're under Linux, setup a cron job that's using wget to download the page.
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05-14-2013, 06:15 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Which operating system?
If on Linux or Mac, you can just use curl
Code:curl -O http://www.website.com/shows/
Code:/usr/bin/curl -O http://www.website.com/shows/
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05-14-2013, 07:50 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Many thanks for the replies..
I'm using Windows Server 2003 standard, and I checked GetRight which if I understand it correctly is just a download manager, and doesn't have the features I need.
I need to schedule the programme to visit a url at a fixed time and download a file to a local folder, which varies according to the url..http://www.1mix.co.uk Its all about the music..
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05-15-2013, 07:52 AM #5Newbie
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If win2003 has PowerShell, then try this: superuser.com/questions/362152/native-alternative-to-wget-in-windows-powershell
For cron jobs, Windows has Task Scheduler instead.
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05-15-2013, 05:58 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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I think I would need some help getting that working I'm afraid, but reading the thread I don't think it would work in any case because the name of the file changes every week.
I need something which will download whatever file is at that url - something like http://www.website.com/shows/*.mp3http://www.1mix.co.uk Its all about the music..
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