I have several PCs in the network and would like to make the files downloaded from the respective PC / notebook available on a NAS to the other PCs / notebooks in the network.
The whole thing is already running with robocopy. However, I find it a bit difficult with the triggers. The following command is currently executed every minute from user logon by task planning:
robocopy C: \ Users \ user \ Downloads \ HOME-SRV \ Downloads \ user-PC / COPY: DAT / r: 0 / w: 0 / fft / s / e / xf desktop.ini
Is there an improvement to this, such as triggering by completing a download under Firefox? I did not find anything in the event viewer.
Windows 10 Pro (1909) is used on all PCs / notebooks and Openmediavault 4.1.35-1 (Arrakis) as NAS.
I look forward to your answers!
Can't you use the NAS folder as a regular download folder? Then you don't need to synchronize it.
That would be the easiest solution, I agree with you. However, I'm unsure how it behaves when I'm not in the home network with the notebooks and (for whatever reason) do not have a VPN access.
Then you can temporarily use another folder.
In other words, you would enter "\\ HOME-SRV \ Downloads \ user-PC" as the path of the downlods folder. Where do I have to enter the temporary folder?
A standard download folder can be specified in the browser. So either locally or on the NAS.
But you can also choose "Save As".
And in the file dialog box, one of the favorites can be set as a folder on the local drive and a second folder for the download folder on the NAS. You only have to select them manually.
And if you want to move the contents of the local download folder, you can start Robocopy either "at the push of a button" or "timer".
There's a download manager for my Synology NAS (=> "Synology Download Station"). The respective download order is completely transferred to the NAS for execution via a browser add-on (Chrome & Firefox).
Maybe there's something comparable for your NAS.
I just read that you can also set up cron jobs on your NAS.
https://www.tecchannel.de/a/so-richten-sie-ihr-nas-gratis-mit-open-media-vault-ein,3200995,2
(=> see "conclusion")
This means that automated processes can be programmed.
Perhaps you can use it to monitor various download folders (from the NAS itself) on connected computers and, if necessary, start a copy process.
I have no experience with that.
https://de.ryte.com/wiki/CronJob
https://www.howtoforge.de/anleitung/eine-kurze-einfuhrung-in-cron-jobs/
https://www.strassenprogrammierer.de/crontab-cronjob-alle-fuenf-minuten-ausfuehren_tipp_352.html
But it's just an idea…
Thank you very much for your answer. I've been trying out a bit the last few days.
I also thought of CronJobs. However, I lack the know-how here.
In the end I realized it by manually triggering it. I wrote a batch file for this. This is located in the System32 folder and can therefore be carried out by simply double-clicking the desktop link.
