Re: Downloading large files

[Jonas Steverud <d4jonas@dtek.chalmers.se>]

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Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za> writes:

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> Now my question:  Is there a more reliable way of downloading large files
> on a dialup-connection than using wget?

- From the man-page for ftp:

  reget remote-file [local-file]
          Reget [...] is
          useful when transferring very large files over networks that
          are prone to dropping connections.

Just remember to set transfermode to binary (see man-page) first. The
ASCII mode is a PITA IMHO. (It assumes the file is an ASCII text file
IIRC and might transform it, like inserting linebreaks, which is a
very bad thing if it's a binary file.)

HTH.

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