We ran into a similar issue. The program provider had variable names for
the files. No wildcards work with RDCatch other than the specified date
wildcards. While I could have written some clever scripts to handle
downloads with cron jobs, etc. it did not meet our system constraints.
(No heroic measures or procedures not readily teachable and
understandable to the general staff in case I get hit by a bus. That
includes anything using CLI.)
Our solution, less than ideal, was to have those few programs manually
downloaded weekly via Filezilla and imported into RDLibrary. A simple
step-by-step instruction page that almost anybody can follow for each
program is in the HOWTO book. There are only three programs in this
category and it takes about ten minutes once a week.
Unfortunately, some program providers have even more limited resources
than we do and their "computer people" have "their ways" that don't
always make it easy on us. Not only do hard-to-automate filenames come
into play, but there are also a few FTP protocols that RDCatch does not
support that leave us hanging as well.
Michael
KHRB-LP
Tony Cox wrote on 6/23/22 7:25 AM:
I am having an issue with a file download using RDCatch and I am hopeful
that someone on the list can provide me with some a workable solution.
We have a program that we download in 8 segments. It is on a websever
and we access using http. The example address is below.
Example address:
http://serveraddress.com/folderfordownload/filename1616-1.mp3
http://serveraddress.com/folderfordownload/filename1616-2.mp3
http://serveraddress.com/folderfordownload/filename1616-3.mp3
http://serveraddress.com/folderfordownload/filename1616-4.mp3
http://serveraddress.com/folderfordownload/filename1616-5.mp3
Each week the "filenameXXXX-1.mp3" will change to the next number (i.e.,
1616 will become 1617, then the next week 1618).
I can download using RDCatch if I give RDCatch the exact filename. But,
if I attempt to use a wildcard in the address “filename*-1.mp3, nothing
happens. Additionally, I believe there are multiple weeks of the
“filename*-1.mp3” on the server, so I need to be able to have a starting
point “1616” and then each week have it increase the count by 1.
I hope I am explaining this properly.
I am puzzled and could really use some guidance.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Tony
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