James Sparenberg wrote: > > rsync is what we are moving away from because, it doesn't have > what is needed. (Can't go into details sorry) I'm not trying to > sync. I'm trying to download specific pieces of data or other > products. wget and curl both work but I'm tasked with finding out > which one other developers/users prefer. > > James
James, it sounds like you are doing nothing more than a survey on curl vs wget. My vote is with wget. Why, you ask? I have used it a long time. I am comfortable with it, and I like the way it displays info about downloading data. I don't really think that there is much difference in what occurs with the actual transmission of packets between the two methods, i.e. same tcp/ip implementation, same flags set in the ip headers, and most likely (I have not run a test so don't hold me on this one) the same tos, ttl, iplen, and dgmlen. In other words, you pick em.... drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson
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