Matlab and PuTTY? Time automation?

I am trying to do an automation through Matlab and PuTTY that will download files from a server once a day (at the same time). The files are transferred through PuTTY. Anyone know where I should start?

[Matt Kindig]

Any reason that you using PuTTY to do the download as opposed to Matlab's own functions? What protocol are you using to download (ftp, http, etc.)?

[Lianna Johnson]

I'm using PuTTY because I was told it was faster. And I'm using ftp.

[Matt Kindig]

Well it might be easier in terms of coding just to use Matlab's own ftp() function. In my experience, it is pretty reliable:

doc ftp

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You could create a timer with an absolute time and set to fire once per day; the callback would system() a putty call.

[Lianna Johnson]

Oh okay, and how exactly do I do that? Sorry I am very new to Matlab and PuTTY!

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/using-a-matlab-timer-object.html