Is this method of scheduling news downloads possible?

[barium]

I'd like to set up news downloads as follows:

1.) Always download news manually;

2.) Download news on a specific day of the week or month for each news source;

3.) Only download news for a site if the site's specified download date has passed.

The advantages of this system are that: (1) you always have the latest news from each source, if you have your dates set right; (2) you never have repeated stories in any news download; (3) news never downloads automatically, so you can avoid news-related computer slowdowns if you have calibre running.

For example, say you have three news sources: A downloads every Friday, B downloads the first of every month, and C downloads every Sunday. Suppose A was not downloaded this week, (i.e., on Friday) B was not downloaded this month (i.e., on the first of the month), and C was downloaded last Sunday.

If you manually initiated a download on Saturday, the downloader would download A and B, but it wouldn't download C. Then, if you initiated another download on Sunday, C would be downloaded, but A and B would not. Next Sunday, both A and C would be downloaded, but B would be skipped.

Is it possible to set up something like this?

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by barium

I'd like to set up news downloads as follows:

1.) Always download news manually;

2.) Download news on a specific day of the week or month for each news source;

3.) Only download news for a site if the site's specified download date has passed.

The advantages of this system are that: (1) you always have the latest news from each source, if you have your dates set right; (2) you never have repeated stories in any news download; (3) news never downloads automatically, so you can avoid news-related computer slowdowns if you have calibre running.

For example, say you have three news sources: A downloads every Friday, B downloads the first of every month, and C downloads every Sunday. Suppose A was not downloaded this week, (i.e., on Friday) B was not downloaded this month (i.e., on the first of the month), and C was downloaded last Sunday.

If you manually initiated a download on Saturday, the downloader would download A and B, but it wouldn't download C. Then, if you initiated another download on Sunday, C would be downloaded, but A and B would not. Next Sunday, both A and C would be downloaded, but B would be skipped.

Is it possible to set up something like this?

Not easily - not without writing code or scripting it externally. Manual download means download now. But you can set this up to be done entirely automatically by scheduling.

[barium]

Thanks for letting me know. I think the automatic scheduler works very well, but news downloads make my computer unresponsive. If it were possible to scan for scheduled downloads only on demand, or at a certain time of day, that would be amazing.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by barium

Thanks for letting me know. I think the automatic scheduler works very well, but news downloads make my computer unresponsive. If it were possible to scan for scheduled downloads only on demand, or at a certain time of day, that would be amazing.

I assume you know you can schedule the time of day, so non-responsiveness shouldn't be a problem if you can leave it on and download at night. I use the Content Server so I run 24/7. If you run Windows, you can lower task priority, and that may help. Search in the main forum for more info.