Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:19:25 +0600 From: Konstantin Chuguev <joy@urc.ac.ru> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Wget vs. fetch [was: Re: JDK1.1.6-jdk1.1.6.V98-8-14.tar.gz is released] Message-ID: <35D92AFD.E4985460@urc.ac.ru> References: <199808171904.DAA26315@public.bta.net.cn>
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Michael Robinson wrote: > > >Finally, there is still no ftp access to the JDK (yet). Until someone > >provides me with public ftp access the release will only be available > >via http. > > I have found that the GNU "wget" program is a useful substitute for > ftp/reget when ftp is not available. It can "reget" an incomplete HTTP > download, and has a nice ftp-style download progress display. > I have the following lines in my /etc/make.conf: FETCH_CMD= /usr/local/bin/wget FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS= -nd -t 0 IMO, wget is more handy for downloads. I'm setting the infinite number of retries because of my bad network link. The only drawback is, when one of MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE's is down. Wget is trying to connect endlessly. -- Konstantin V. Chuguev. System administrator of Southern http://www.urc.ac.ru/~joy/ Ural Regional Center of FREEnet, mailto:joy@urc.ac.ru Chelyabinsk, Russia. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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