Re: [Bug-wget] downloading files in multiple computer

[Ángel González]

Rahul Prasad wrote:
> Thanx for the hack but the I need a generic hack.
> I am trying to build an opensource application which downloads a file
> partially using wget on different computers. Each computer synchronize
> download status using a centralized server.
>
> Is it WGET not downloading the file or SEVER not sending the content?
> If its wget then we can fix it using a patch right ? So that it can
> download partial content even if file does not exists.
It is wget which doesn't accept such thing (we are placing it into an
state it doesn't expect). A patch can certainly add a --range feature.