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  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.orgtoSteam@lemmy.mlHow do I schedule a steam download manually?
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    5 months ago

    Probably not exactly what you’re looking for but I use a batch file to accomplish this (in linux but windows should be similar). For example:

    #!/bin/bash
    sleep 2h && steam
    sleep 8h && killall steam
    

    Executing that will wait 2 hours, start steam so it can download whatever it wants while I sleep, then shut steam down 6* hours later before other people start needing to use the internet.

    *maybe 8 hours, I can’t remember now if it runs commands sequentially or in parallel.

    Edit: better single line command for linux:

    (sleep 2h; steam) & (sleep 8hr; killall steam) &