Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:41:55 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Carlos Carnero" <zopewiz@yahoo.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect background downloader Message-ID: <00ff01c2f4a9$b0d2a380$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <20030327210302.481.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Carnero" <zopewiz@yahoo.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:03 PM Subject: OT: Looking for the perfect background downloader > Hello, > > (sorry for the OT but I really don't know of a better > place for my enquiry. Really) > > I'm looking for a little program to help me download > files across extremely unreliable links and/or > unstable systems. I'd like something to keep trying > until the file is downloaded, or until h3ll freezes > over. > > Since the link and the downloading workstation > (FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-pX) are unstable (for instance, > unplanned power failures) the proggy should > automatically resume the transfer on reboot. I think > that rules out wget since I need something > "daemonizable". > > Do you guys & gals know of such a beast? wget in the ports tree may be helpful. There are probably others as well. HTH, Drew
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