Auto Retry if Scheduled download fail!!!

jardenman26 · 06-19-2018, 12:59 PM

Hello all,

I have a weekly download of The Economist scheduled in Calibre for Windows (currently v 3.19). For some reason, the scheduled download always fails. When I manually click "Download now" after the initial failure, it works just fine. I have been manually working around this for over a year, but am keen to re-automate the process as I often just forget to do the manual retry.

Also, I have found that if I open Calibre and manually initiate a download for the Economist, it fails. If I try a second time straight after, it works.

Is there some way to force a retry if the first download fails? Alternatively, is there some way to schedule two downloads on the same day, but just at different times? Other suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2018, 01:11 PM

Figure out why it is failing the first time and fix that? Most likely some antivirus/firewall interfering with the initial connection.

bobbysteel · 06-21-2018, 05:28 AM

you can do this if you use the command line tools. write a script to automate it.

Code:

ebook-convert "The Economist.recipe" "output_filename.mobi" --output-profile=kindle_oasis

where profile should be your device.

bobbysteel · 06-21-2018, 05:28 AM

in Linux then you can have that line, then

Code:

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

that line again

06-19-2018, 12:59 PM	#1
jardenman26 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: jardenman26	Auto Retry if Scheduled download fail!!! Hello all, I have a weekly download of The Economist scheduled in Calibre for Windows (currently v 3.19). For some reason, the scheduled download always fails. When I manually click "Download now" after the initial failure, it works just fine. I have been manually working around this for over a year, but am keen to re-automate the process as I often just forget to do the manual retry. Also, I have found that if I open Calibre and manually initiate a download for the Economist, it fails. If I try a second time straight after, it works. Is there some way to force a retry if the first download fails? Alternatively, is there some way to schedule two downloads on the same day, but just at different times? Other suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

06-21-2018, 05:28 AM	#3
bobbysteel Big Poppa Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	you can do this if you use the command line tools. write a script to automate it. Code: ebook-convert "The Economist.recipe" "output_filename.mobi" --output-profile=kindle_oasis where profile should be your device.

06-21-2018, 05:28 AM	#4
bobbysteel Big Poppa Posts: 110 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	in Linux then you can have that line, then Code: if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then that line again

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06-19-2018, 01:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Figure out why it is failing the first time and fix that? Most likely some antivirus/firewall interfering with the initial connection.