It seems wget uses a 32 bit integer for the "bytes downloaded":
[...]
FINISHED --17:11:26--
Downloaded: 1,047,520,341 bytes in 5830 files
cave /home/suse8.0# du -s
5230588 .
cave /home/suse8.0#
As it's a "once per download" variable I'd say it's not that performance
critical...
Roger.
