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-Thomas- · 07-03-2008, 06:48 AM

Hi folks,

there are numerous automatic downloaders for different newspapers, comics etc. out there. Using more than one of them is not very handy, as they all start a new network connection and take some time to download.

I've found a better and faster way to automate things a little bit. You can integrate the newspaper download into the existing iDS mechanism:

There's a script (/usr/bin/pre_download.sh) which is executed after the network connection is established
I've added a simple
Code:
```
run-parts /etc/download
```
before the "exit" statement
I've created the /etc/download directory and added some scripts to it
Voila, my scripts in /etc/download are executed while I'm connecting to the iDS.

Given this framework it should be easy to provide modified versions of the existing downloader scripts and add them to /etc/download/. So what do you think guys?

07-03-2008, 06:48 AM	#1
-Thomas- Addict Posts: 325 Karma: 1725 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Münster, Germany Device: iRex iLiad v2	"Automatic Downloaders" framework Hi folks, there are numerous automatic downloaders for different newspapers, comics etc. out there. Using more than one of them is not very handy, as they all start a new network connection and take some time to download. I've found a better and faster way to automate things a little bit. You can integrate the newspaper download into the existing iDS mechanism: There's a script (/usr/bin/pre_download.sh) which is executed after the network connection is established I've added a simple Code: run-parts /etc/download before the "exit" statement I've created the /etc/download directory and added some scripts to it Voila, my scripts in /etc/download are executed while I'm connecting to the iDS. Given this framework it should be easy to provide modified versions of the existing downloader scripts and add them to /etc/download/. So what do you think guys?