how is is actually implemented? a request is normally like GET www.abc.com/file.zip
isn't it? so how can one request portions of a file? --- In [email protected], "Paul Herring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/11/06, Indika Bandara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello, > > > > sorry if this is a wrong question in the wrong place. since many > > knowelegable persons are in this forum thought of askin this > > (programmers are supposed to know every thing right?) > > > > > > How do the web clients which download files by parts work?(e.g > > prozilla, download accelerator-DAP etc) > > Most downloaders (IE, Mozilla e.g.) download from the site using one > connection, and request all bytes from 0 to <length of file>. What the > clients you're asking about do is make more than one connection and > ask for sub-portions of the file on each connection. > > > > -- > PJH > > #713059 +(1255)- [X] > > <SaintAlvus> Does the name Doctor Pavlov ring a bell? >
