Automatically Download File?

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Hello, i want to obtain a file from the internet which updates every 24 hours. Because i might not always remember or be able to have my computer on, is there anyway i could automatically download it to 'somewhere' once every 24 hours, so that when i have a chance, i could get the files onto my computer and use them for whatever?

[Steax]

There are probably a plethora of ways and specific programs for this. What OS are you on, and how comfortable with scripting are you?

The basic solution would probably to just run a script that invokes wget every 24 hours via cron (or your OS's equivalent).

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I use windows 7 and i can do some simple scripting, but i can always learn.

If i ran a script, it would stop working if my computer turned off? I need a way to acquire the file even if i might be on vacation or away from any computer. Is that possible?

[freakish777]

I use windows 7 and i can do some simple scripting, but i can always learn.

If i ran a script, it would stop working if my computer turned off? I need a way to acquire the file even if i might be on vacation or away from any computer. Is that possible?

Yes. After you've created your script, have it called by a Scheduled Task:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... ule-a-task

[EvanED]

Just to be clear, scheduled tasks won't run if the computer is off.

Some motherboards I think can start the computer at a certain time though, so you could have it turn the computer on a bit before that time, then have your script turn it back off after.

[Steax]

So how do you plan on getting the file if your computer is off? There are some (somewhat esoteric) ways to get your computer to go on by itself, but I don't like the thought of that. I'd personally have the script run on some cheap hosting service (preferably a pay-as-you-use one) and fetch the files there.