Re: curses-interface ftp client with resume?
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:51:14PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:44:28PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > I'm on dialup and often access the internet via a slow computer by
> > sshing into my fast computer (which has the modem).
> >
> > Right now, if I want to download something like an iso file via ftp
> > (there being no rsync mirror available), I put the url in a file, e.g.
>
> No torrents either?
No. For my current download, I found a mirror that also offers rsync
(although it doesn't advertise it). However, lots of things are
available via FTP that aren't available any other way.
> > 3. It would be nice to have a curses interface like mc that lets me
> > browse to the correct file, then tag the file for downloading which puts
> > it into the above queue.
>
> AFAIK mc can do ftp. I didn't use it much, but it might do most of what
> you need.
mc can't resume; it only wants to overwrite, append, or cancel.
Doug.
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