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# 1  
Old 09-07-2010
script that will automatically extract
how do i write a script that will automatically extract rar files after the download in a particular folder?

can you give me an idea please? Smilie or is there an existing script for this?
# 2  
Old 09-07-2010
My suggestion is:

1.- Monitor the download process,
2.- If is not present, I supose it has finished
3.- Then I try to unrar the file

1.-
Code:
while [ 1 ] ; do
  ps | grep "download_process" || break
  sleep 60
done

2 exists only as a condition
3 depend on your tools, maybe something like gunzip downloadedFile.gz, but rar is not familiar to me on unix systems
# 3  
Old 09-07-2010
Is it enough?
Code:
cd /source_rar && wget http://......file.rar && cd /target && unrar -e /source_rar/file.rar

It's means:
if successful execute the next command
# 4  
Old 09-08-2010
what does
Code:
sleep 60

mean?

Quote:
Originally Posted by john1212
Is it enough?
Code:
cd /source_rar && wget http://......file.rar && cd /target && unrar -e /source_rar/file.rar

It's means:
if successful execute the next command
i'd also like to extract file such as 7z and zip.

say, if zip, rar and 7z exist, then eztract to mkdir %d or something..can you help me with this please.
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