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Calendar allows you to schedule MLdonkey commands to be run periodically (like cron)

Contents 1 Syntax 2 Getting Started 3 Examples 3.1 Simple 3.2 Complicated

[edit] Syntax

The calendar is stored in your Downloads.ini file and its syntax is:

calendar = [
            ([0;1;...;6;], [0;1;...;23;], "command1" );
            ([0;1;...;6;], [0;1;...;23;], "command2" );
             ... ]

• First parameter contains a list of days of week on which the command will be executed (Sunday=0, Monday=1, Tuesday=2, ..., Saturday=6).
• Second parameter contains a list of hours (in 24-hour format) on which the command will be executed (0 ... 24).
• The third and last parameter is the command itself.

Multiple days, hours and commands can be specified by separating them with semicolons.

[edit] Getting Started

You can quickly schedule commands to execute every day with the calendar_add command:

   calendar_add hour "command"

Try using the calendar_add command before editing downloads.ini to make sure you get the formatting right.

[edit] Examples

[edit] Simple

If you run these commands:

> calendar_add 8 "set max_upload_rate 10"
> calendar_add 22 "set max_upload_rate 0"

You will get the following calendar in your downloads.ini:

 calendar = [
  ([
      0;
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;
      6;], [
      22;], "set max_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      0;
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;
      6;], [
      8;], "set max_upload_rate 10");]

Notice how mldonkey formats the calendar. It will do this every time you stop the mldonkey daemon/service.

[edit] Complicated

After some experimentation and tweaking I have come up with my personal complicated calendar. Don't try to understand what it does! This is the summary returned by the vcal command:

> vcal
weekdays / hours / command :
1 2 3 4 5
6
set max_hard_download_rate 1
1 2 3 4 5
6
set max_hard_upload_rate 10
1 2 3 5
9
set max_hard_download_rate 0
1 2 3 5
9
set max_hard_upload_rate 0
4
10
set max_hard_download_rate 0
4
10
set max_hard_upload_rate 0
1 2 3 4 5
13
set max_hard_download_rate 1
1 2 3 4 5
13
set max_hard_upload_rate 10
1 2 3 4 5
22
set max_hard_download_rate 0
1 2 3 4 5
22
set max_hard_upload_rate 0
6
7
set max_hard_upload_rate 10
6
7
set max_hard_download_rate 1
6
22
set max_hard_upload_rate 0
6
22
set max_hard_download_rate 0
0
14
set max_hard_upload_rate 10
0
14
set max_hard_download_rate 1
0
20
set max_hard_upload_rate 0
0
20
set max_hard_download_rate 0

This is the actual contents of the downloads.ini file:

 calendar = [
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      6;], "set max_hard_download_rate 1");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      6;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 10");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      5;], [
      9;], "set max_hard_download_rate 0");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      5;], [
      9;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      4;], [
      10;], "set max_hard_download_rate 0");
  ([
      4;], [
      10;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      13;], "set max_hard_download_rate 1");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      13;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 10");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      22;], "set max_hard_download_rate 0");
  ([
      1;
      2;
      3;
      4;
      5;], [
      22;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      6;], [
      7;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 10");
  ([
      6;], [
      7;], "set max_hard_download_rate 1");
  ([
      6;], [
      22;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      6;], [
      22;], "set max_hard_download_rate 0");
  ([
      0;], [
      14;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 10");
  ([
      0;], [
      14;], "set max_hard_download_rate 1");
  ([
      0;], [
      20;], "set max_hard_upload_rate 0");
  ([
      0;], [
      20;], "set max_hard_download_rate 0");]