On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Micah Cowan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/19/2012 09:19 AM, Anthony Bryan wrote: > >> using the latest version of wget is always better than not, but you >> can't fix this download with wget. (by that, I mean if you've kept the >> error file & not deleted it). >> wget will be fine if no errors occur, but the larger the download the >> more likely you are to run into an error (probably). & you have >> already gotten errors at least twice. > > I don't see why a working wget environment could not solve his problem, > that is what -c is for, after all. > > The problem seems to be that he lacks a working wget (that, or it could > conceivably be a server issue). Fixing his wget should fix his problem. > > -mjc >
ok the key to -c being successful if some data after the 206 in: HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content ok - but I recently had (iso on) server the although said successful what actually restarting the download from 0 again. the difference here was this actual file was also zero'd too I do have super "shitty" net connection - so I can confirm the the only time I get -c issues is with the above instance, and (only) one other time when the file was unknown length it would restart by adding to end of current file not I explicitly use v1.12 except for 6 months last year when I use v1.13 cos it was upgraded in distro even after rewrite 1.13 reacts the same as 1.12 - I will not use an older version so let me re-itterate others on the list: It is possible for wget to get a true response to 206, but fail to "seek to partial start", rather starting from 0. if file is of unknown length it may be added to end of current file it is server specific - it does not change per download time or after successful download (1 session with no interruptions) - it is also common with large files on php download redirect with a slow connection (connection times out after 2+ hours) - use of php redirects does not guarentee reproduction of issue - if the file is of unknown size it is reproducable on some servers (206=true but partial=0 start).
