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From: Balwinder S Dheeman on 23 Mar 2010 12:10 On 03/23/2010 06:18 PM, Frederick Williams wrote: > I wish to download andLinux from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. > It is about 563MB in size and I only have an unreliable dial-up > connection*. I wonder whether there is some way of downloading it so > that if the download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point > that it got to rather than having to start over again from the > beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces that can > then be concatenated? > > * Whether it is less reliable than other dial-up connections I don't > know, but I have been unable to download more than about 12% before the > connection breaks. I think, a lesser know axel (http://freshmeat.net/projects/axel/) is what you're looking for. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z Linux(a)HOME (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
From: Bud on 23 Mar 2010 14:32 On 2010-03-23, Sidney Lambe wrote: > > Wget is available for Windows. > wget -c should work for you. Check out the manpage. > > Sid What Sid says, wget -c will pick up where you left off.
From: Frederick Williams on 23 Mar 2010 15:53 Bud wrote: > > On 2010-03-23, Sidney Lambe wrote: > > > > Wget is available for Windows. > > wget -c should work for you. Check out the manpage. > > > > Sid > > What Sid says, wget -c will pick up where you left off. E'en now it is working away. -- I can't go on, I'll go on.
From: Jon Solberg on 23 Mar 2010 17:45
On 2010-03-23, Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2(a)tesco.net> wrote: > I wish to download andLinux from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/andlinux/files/andlinux/Beta%202/andlinux-beta2-kde.exe/download. > It is about 563MB in size and I only have an unreliable dial-up > connection*. I wonder whether there is some way of downloading it so > that if the download is interrupted I can re-start it from the point > that it got to rather than having to start over again from the > beginning. Or is it possible to download it in smaller pieces that > can then be concatenated? I would use wget with the -c option (continue), e.g.: C:\> wget -c <your_download_url> You can find a version built for MS Windows on http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm. HTH. -- Jon Solberg (remove "nospam." from email address) |