[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven M. Schweda) writes: > from Hrvoje Niksic: > >> [...] Unfortunately EOL conversions break >> automatic downloads resumption (REST in FTP), > > Could be true. > >> manual resumption (wget -c), > > Could be true. (I never use "wget -c".)
It's the consequence of EOL conversion affecting file size. >> break timestamping, > > How so? By changing file size, which will appear different than what is reported by the server and will cause the file to always be downloaded due to size mismatch. >> Most Wget's users seem to want byte-by-byte copies, because I don't >> remember a single bug report about the lack of ASCII conversions. > > You mean other than the one from the fellow who started this thread? Yes, sorry.
