[97634] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Resume downloads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Carlson)
Wed Nov 4 09:41:59 1998
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:39:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@kinzemfg.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199811041311.IAA11046@shell.suntrix.com>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Nikki Cook wrote:
> Hi Psy,
>
> My personal preference is ncftp. The ``-C'' flag forces the program to
> continue downloading where it left off.
>
> You might want to check out: man ncftp and see if it's to your liking.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Nikki
>
I'll second and third wget. It will autoresume after a broken connection
or if the server doesn't respond for several hours.
ncftp has to be manually restarted and in some cases I have had to kill
the process to get the terminal back.
Bill Carlson | Opinions expressed are my own
KINZE Manufacturing, Inc. | not my employer's.
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