Re: Downloading deb's
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 01:18:17 -0800
Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 03:34:04PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote:
> > I'd like to download deb files during the nights. Unfortunately, I don't
> > have the script for doing just exactly that; eg: have a file of a pile of
> > URL's, and then do something like:
> > dl-force my-urls
> > in which how many time-outs were experienced, the files would be
> > successfully downloaded.
> >
> > Would anyone be pleased to write such a script? (if there's none yet, of
> > course.)
>
> Why you need UL if you are downloading packages. All you have to do is:
in case apt is not enough:
#!/bin/sh
for i in `cat my-urls`; do
while [ 1 ]; do
wget "$i" && break
done
done
should do the job... insert your urls one by line in the my-urls file
and run the script... not tested, though...
[]s!
--
Gustavo Noronha Silva - kov <http://www.metainfo.org/kov>
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