OK, with some time on my hands, I had a crack at this on the week-end. Some of you might find this useful, others will smile how simple this whole code is. Again, I have very little skills and Windows batch files are a challenge for me. I am sure one can write this in a much more elegant way. Still, I thought some might find the script useful anyway.
The following batch file works, I tested it. I schedule it with the Windows Task scheduler, which I configure such that it wakes up the PC from hibernation, when the time has come. At the end, the code sends the PC back to hibernation. This works once a day/week, as desired.
Calibre does
not have to run, the batch is self contained, with calls to two command line utilities that come with Calibre. I also use the little free utility "timer.exe" for logging (see
http://www.gammadyne.com/cmdline.htm#timer).
The frequency of download is determined only by the task scheduler, i.e. independent of the times you set in Calibre itself.
Code:
@echo off
set feeds=spiegelde zeitde cio technology_review npr
set recipes=C:\Program Files\Calibre2\resources\recipes
set workdir=S:\Ebooks\News
set server=smtp.gmail.com
set port=587
set user=myuserID@gmail.com
set pwd=mypassword
set mailserver=-r %server% --port %port% -u %user% -p %pwd%
set subject=News:
set text="Calibre News Feed %DATE% %TIME%"
set from=myuserID@gmail.com
set to=myKINDLEuserID@free.kindle.com
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------
chdir /d "%workdir%
echo %DATE% %TIME% Start Calibre News Feed > news.log
echo. >> news.log
for %%a in (%feeds%) do (
timer /nologo > nul
start /wait ebook-convert "%recipes%\%%a.recipe" "%%a.mobi"
start /wait calibre-smtp %mailserver% -a "%%a.mobi" -s "%subject% %%a" %from% %to% %text%
del "%%a.mobi"
echo %%a >> news.log
timer /nologo /s >> news.log
echo. >> news.log
)
echo %DATE% %TIME% End Calibre News Feed >> news.log
C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe /h
exit 0
You define the desired feeds by setting the "feeds" list. It requires the *.recipe file names (without the extension) from the corresponding Calibre folder (set on the next line for my VISTA system).
Apart from the feeds, you specify your user ID-s and the password for smtp (I use gmail above) and off you go.
I hope this helps some forum members, unexperienced on Windows like myself.
Regards, Mixx