When I use that `other' os I have a small utility (Gozilla!) that resumes http downloads if I loose my connection. Is there some way of doing the same in Linux? I know that ftp clients do the same but if I download over http I'd quite like the same facility. Cheers, BJ
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Woodard wrote:
When I use that `other' os I have a small utility (Gozilla!) that resumes http downloads if I loose my connection. Is there some way of doing the same in Linux? I know that ftp clients do the same but if I download over http I'd quite like the same facility.
wget can do this with the -c option. for example wget -c http://foobarred.com/reallybigfile.tar.gz would do the job, but it will only work if the webserver supports resumed downloads (apparently with the range header). man wget has the full instructions HTH Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam
On Thursday 20 September 2001 20:40, Adam Bower wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Woodard wrote:
When I use that `other' os I have a small utility (Gozilla!) that resumes http downloads if I loose my connection. Is there some way of doing the same in Linux? I know that ftp clients do the same but if I download over http I'd quite like the same facility.
wget can do this with the -c option. for example
wget -c http://foobarred.com/reallybigfile.tar.gz
would do the job, but it will only work if the webserver supports resumed downloads (apparently with the range header).
man wget has the full instructions
HTH Adam
Is there a gui front end available for wget? Cheers, BJ
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Woodard wrote:
Is there a gui front end available for wget?
xterm ;-) according to apt there are two in Debian, one for kde which is called kmago and another one called gtm which I am presuming is for gnome. I don't know anything about either of the two packages btw or where to get them from but I am sure freshmeat will know. The kmago thing sounds as though it has more (and better) features than gtm. Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam
John Woodard wrote:
Is there a gui front end available for wget?
http://freshmeat.net/search/?site=Freshmeat&q=wget§ion=projects Sz -- Open Source Specialists http://www.entora.co.uk/ Tel: +44 (0)701 0723686 Fax: +44 (0)870 3214368
On Thursday 20 September 2001 22:23, John Woodard wrote:
When I use that `other' os I have a small utility (Gozilla!) that resumes http downloads if I loose my connection. Is there some way of doing the same in Linux? I know that ftp clients do the same but if I download over http I'd quite like the same facility.
Cheers, BJ
I know not many Linux users approve of Netscrape but it does have a smart download facility which allows you to do just this. Personally I use Opera. With this you can stop and continue a download at will. Ian
Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
I know not many Linux users approve of Netscrape but it does have a smart download facility which allows you to do just this.
are you sure the linux version of netscap edoes this ?? there are several things in teh windows version of netscpae that are not in the windows version... and I've never founf the smart download thing... Sz -- Open Source Specialists http://www.entora.co.uk/ Tel: +44 (0)701 0723686 Fax: +44 (0)870 3214368
Neill Newman wrote:
Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
I know not many Linux users approve of Netscrape but it does have a smart download facility which allows you to do just this.
are you sure the linux version of netscap edoes this ?? there are several things in teh windows version of netscpae that are not in the windows version... and I've never founf the smart download thing...
ggrrr anybody got a spare keyboard ?? since I spilt Pepsi in this one it's gone a bit funny ;) supposed to say "things in the windows version of netscape that are not in the Linux version" Sz -- Open Source Specialists http://www.entora.co.uk/ Tel: +44 (0)701 0723686 Fax: +44 (0)870 3214368
On Sunday 23 September 2001 10:02, Neill Newman wrote:
Neill Newman wrote:
Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
I know not many Linux users approve of Netscrape but it does have a smart download facility which allows you to do just this.
are you sure the linux version of netscap edoes this ?? there are several things in teh windows version of netscpae that are not in the windows version... and I've never founf the smart download thing...
ggrrr anybody got a spare keyboard ?? since I spilt Pepsi in this one it's gone a bit funny ;) supposed to say "things in the windows version of netscape that are not in the Linux version"
Sz#
Ah well, if you will sit at the keyboard without your bib..... Ian
On Sunday 23 September 2001 09:35, Neill Newman wrote:
Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
I know not many Linux users approve of Netscrape but it does have a smart download facility which allows you to do just this.
are you sure the linux version of netscap edoes this ?? there are several things in teh windows version of netscpae that are not in the windows version... and I've never founf the smart download thing...
Sz
You may well be right. I used to use Netscape at work where we had a Windoze network but a smart sysadmin who banned IE and OE for their security risks. We were only allowed to use Nescape for browsing and Eudora for mail. Ian
I use 'downloader for X' - very nice. http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ Pretty GUI, throttling options... Handy feature is that if you run it again (as the same user) it'll just add whatever URL you put on the commandline to the currently-running instance... I mostly leave it running on my linux server, if I want to add a big download (I browse on my windoze box) I open a ssh and paste in the URL. Neil John Woodard wrote:
When I use that `other' os I have a small utility (Gozilla!) that resumes http downloads if I loose my connection. Is there some way of doing the same in Linux? I know that ftp clients do the same but if I download over http I'd quite like the same facility.
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