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

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.

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.

Examples

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.

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");]

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