Package: axel Version: 2.4-1 Severity: normal The axel manpage says the following: Axel is a program that downloads a file from a FTP or HTTP server through multiple connection, each connection downloads its own part of the file. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Problem is, that's not what happens when you pass the -n switch. debian-IBMx3650:~# axel --verbose -S4 -n 4 -a http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-501-amd64-netinst.iso Initializing download: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-501-amd64-netinst.iso Doing search... Testing speeds, this can take a while... 1 usable servers found, will use these URLs: URL Speed http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-501-amd6 475 File size: 142194688 bytes Opening output file debian-501-amd64-netinst.iso State file found: 17021032 bytes downloaded, 125173656 to go. Starting download [ 13%] [......0 1 2 3 ] [ 95.9KB/s] [20:57]^C Downloaded 1602.1 kilobytes in 17 seconds. (94.20 KB/s) As you can see above, it does divide it into 4 chunks. But the other chunks (or sessions) never start. Or maybe the progress bar is misleading and doesn't update properly. Ritesh -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages axel depends on: ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries axel recommends no packages. axel suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
