Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:54:22 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: root@isis.dynip.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GetRight Analouge Needed for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.990122095046.12161F-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199901212012.XAA22134@access2_11.kuniv.edu.kw>
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 root@isis.dynip.com wrote:
> Hi there,
> Of you coming from windows world may be familiar with a program
> known as GetRight, and basically it allows fragmented downloads
> over the internet ftp sites (servers that allow this), so a poor
> user can download a 30 MB file over an unstable connection that
> may blow up in his face anytime.
>
> My questions is there any program for unix (FreeBSD) that can
> do fragmented ftp downloads ? any help is GREATLY appreciated.
The standard ftp(1) will do this if you issue `reget'. Check out the
reget options for fetch(1) as well. The reget ability for ftp has
been around for a long, LONG time.
Jonathan Chen
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