Looking at this example that's an all-Bash technique, someone has
figured out on OSX (and Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) how to use
/dev/tcp and download a zip file in a multithreaded way (they use
only two threads, but you get the point):
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/bash-and-netcat-stripping-http-header-758911-print/
(scroll down to Gnashley's post)
The technique is basically to establish 2 or more TCP socket
handles to the remote web server. Then, using an HTTP 1.1 GET,
pull from both simultaneously. But first, disregard the preamble
bytes. Then, as you loop and collect bytes, the first byte that
arrives, disregard the ones from the other handles.
How could I achieve something like that in D? (Note, I'm using
OSX.)
In general I'm trying to see if I can make a command line zip
file downloader that downloads faster than Curl for my Qt/C++
application installer script for OSX.
