Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:27:56 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@ehsrealtime.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resuming downloads Message-ID: <20011012222756.L2865@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <861yk9axcv.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>; from wayne.pascoe@ehsrealtime.com on Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:53:04PM %2B0100 References: <861yk9axcv.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 12:53:04PM +0100, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > >From what I've read, any browser and server that conforms to the http > 1.1 spec should allow resuming of downloads. Well, there is a difference between should and could. This is a feature for the client to initiate, not something for the server. Therefor, the server should support it for sure, while the client may support it. The browsers you've mentioned don't support it, while wget and fetch do. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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