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DownThemAll: Batch Downloads/Batch Descriptors
Batch downloads are an easy way to download whole ranges of files.
You simply define where to start, where to end and optionally a stepwidth.
- Click
Add URL(s)button available from the Manager window - Fill in URL, renaming mask, download folder and optionally a referrer.
- Modify your URL to use batch descriptors as described below.
- Feel free to add even more batch descriptors, but keep in mind that downloading huge ammounts of files will slow down DownThemAll! and overall performance.
Batch descriptors
A batch descriptor might look as following:
[start:end]
[start:end:step]
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| start | Either a number or a single character saying where to start the range. |
| end |
Either a number or a single character saying where to end the range. dTa! will process that range inclusive end.
|
| step | Use this to define which items between start and end you would like to download. |
start and end must be of the same type (numerical, lowercase character, uppercase character).
Examples
These batch descriptors will work.
| Descriptor | Result |
|---|---|
| [1:100] | 1 to 100 |
| [01:100] | 01 to 100 |
| [001:100] | 001 to 100 |
| [1:100:2] | 1, 3, 5, … |
| [0:100:3] | 0, 3, 6, … |
| [-100:100] | -100, -99, …, 99, 100 |
| [100:-5:-1] | 100 to -5 |
| [100:-0100:2] | 0100, 0098, …, -0099, -0100 |
| [a:z] | a to z |
| [F:K] | F to K |
| [a:e:2] | a, c, e |
Those won’t work.
| Descriptor | Result |
|---|---|
| [1:-100] | Negative Range |
| [1:100:-1] | Negative as well |
| [1:a] | Types different |
| [A:a] | Types different |
| [1:2:a] | step must be numeric |