script to download files based on dates in folders and filenames

[schnarkle]

Hello,

I'm trying to script a download routine to get 7 days worth of comics at a time.  This is using Autohotkey.

The folder structure is like this  www.whatever.com/comics/2016/04
and filename like this "sf20160401.tif"

Here is what I have so far, and it works but when changing days it's not changing the folder structure to match..

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gui, add, DateTime, vmydate altsubmit
Gui, add, Button, gGo ym, Go
Gui, Show
return

Go:
Gui, Submit
Year := SubStr(mydate,1,4)
Month := SubStr(mydate,5,2)
Day := SubStr(mydate,7,2)
SetWorkingDir, %A_Desktop%\comics

BlockInput On ;disables keyboard or mouse use when script is running

; SALLY FORTH
MyURLpass :="user:pwd"
MyURLYear := Substr(mydate,1,4)
MyURLMonth := Substr(mydate,5,2)
MyURLDay := Substr(mydate,7,2)
MyURL := "http://bbs.rbma.com/repo/Sally_Forth/" A_YYYY "/" A_MM "/"
Year := SubStr(mydate,1,4) ; had to change year for Beck arrangement

while n<7{
MyFile= SFT%date%.tif
RunWait % "curl.exe -o " MyFile " -u " MyURLpass " " MyURL "" MyFile ; -v more talkitive
EnvAdd Date, 1, Days      ;increases day by one
FormatTime, date, %date%, yyyyMMdd ;fixes formatting from EnvAdd, which adds a timestamp
}

Can anyone give it a go?  Even if you have to trash the cludge that I have   ?

thanks!

[schnarkle]

Hi all I found a solution to this from the autohotkey forums.  Code posted here for posterity...

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gui, add, DateTime, vmydate altsubmit
Gui, add, Button, gGo ym, Go
Gui, Show
return
 
Go:
Gui, Submit
; removed useless stuff here
SetWorkingDir, %A_Desktop%\comics
 
BlockInput On ;disables keyboard or mouse use when script is running
 
; SALLY FORTH
MyURLpass :="user:pass"
; removed useless stuff here
MyURL := "http://bbs.rbma.com/repo/Sally_Forth/"  ; we'll add year and month in the loop
; removed useless line here
 
loop, 7 { ; switched to loop, while is unnecessary and wouldn't work anyway without changing value of n
FormatTime, mydate, %mydate%, yyyyMMdd ; fixes formatting from EnvAdd, which adds a timestamp
MyFile= SFT%mydate%.tif
FormatTime, year, %mydate%, yyyy
FormatTime, month, %mydate%, MM
RunWait % "curl.exe -o " MyFile " -u " MyURLpass " " MyURL year "/" month "/" MyFile ; -v more talkitive
EnvAdd, mydate, 1, Days      ; increases day by one
}