Using Internet download manager on ftp site

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Hi,

In Opus I'd like to bypass the normal ftp downloading by invoking internet download manager to do the actual downloading.
Given the following command line structure:

idman /s
or idman /d URL [/p local_path] [/f local_file_name] [/q] [/h] [/n] [/a]

Parameters:
/d URL - downloads a file
e.g. IDMan.exe /d "http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/path/File Name.zip"
/s - starts queue in scheduler
/p local_path - defines the local path where to save the file
/f local_file_name - defines the local file name to save the file
/q - IDM will exit after the successful downloading. This parameter works only for the first copy
/h - IDM will hang up your connection after the successful downloading
/n - turns on the silent mode when IDM doesn't ask any questions
/a - add a file specified with /d to download queue, but don't start downloading

Parameters /a, /h, /n, /q, /f local_file_name, /p local_path work only if you specified the file to download with /d URL

Examples

C:>idman.exe /n /d tonec.com/download/idman317.exe

I thought the following button command might work on a dual lister layout while ftp'd into a site and highlighting the file i want to download:

cd "E:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Download Manager"
"E:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Download Manager\IDMan.exe" /n /d {filepath$} /p {destpath$} /h

But unfortunately Opus wants to download the file to a local temporary directory for some reason.
Anyone had any luck incorporating IDM into opus that may be able to help?

Regards

BoredSilly

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Try adding the @nolocalizefiles directive to the command.

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Yep that did it, thanks for that.

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Following on, is there any way to run the command for each selected file, as IDM only accepts one file at a time?

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The command you posted above should already do that.

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My mistake, i'd change to allfilepath$ by mistake

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