Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:01:50 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fetch command usage Message-ID: <20020402160150.GC27119@icarus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEMPCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEMPCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:45:10AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I have been trying to ftp the 4.5-install.iso file and keep getting the > download interrupted. I read in the questions archives about using the > FBSD command fetch as a replacement for FTP because it has resume > capabilities to continue the download at the spot the downloaded file > was interrupted. The man page info is very vague about how to use the > fetch command. > > I am currently using this command in a script > > ftp -a -v > ftp11.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.5/4.5-install.iso > > When I modify this command to this > > fetch -arvAF > ftp11.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.5/README > > I get this error message > fetch: README: Invalid URL scheme > > Questions > > What is wrong with my fetch command? You need to drop the colon in the URL - like this: ftp11.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.5/README And try again. > > Can I run all the flags together behind one -? It seemed to work for me just now... > > Am I using the correct flags? That depends ;-) What are you trying to make fetch do? > > Will this group of flags work for both the original download and the resume > download? I tend to use wget, and am lucky enough to have a fast enough connection I don't seem to need the resume function. However, the -r flag seems to be for resumed sessions. > > How does fetch know to resume a download where it left off? -r tells it that. Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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