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2009-09-10 , 23:02
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
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I wrote a script called Shepherd, which is basically a glorified scheduler (cron) that has not just time, but a power and connectivity axis, too.
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Excellent idea!! Hope it prospers, I would really love to have this functionality.

Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Hm, Shepherd can't make an app (not) use wifi, however, it can start or stop it depending whether wifi is (not) available. Would that help ?
I think in this case wouldn't help.

Another idea/workaround could be to play with the "next update" time. That is, increase it a lot when doesn't have a preferred connection and decrease it when in the opposite case.. but it's a little bit weird.

The best would be to ask to be given an option to disable the automatic updates and the ability to run them on request. Does this qualify for an enhancement request (if it doesn't already exist)?
 

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