-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello,
While searching on the net for a good downloader, I found axel. Though it lacks a GUI, it has something that all other downloaders that I've cheacked out (like prozilla) lack: intelligence. i.e. suppose you are downloading a file with, say, 50 threads (like a CD or so?). The connection is slow and your first thread finishes before any other thread starts. If this would have been GetRight, it would have continued if the second thread wouldn't have started or continued at some other point in between. Same in axel. Get it from: www.lintux.cx The current release (AFAIK) doesn't have the above features. This new version will be there at ILUGD download page very shortly with the permission of the author the author (Mr. Wilmer van der Gaast). The new (featurefull) version is quite old but I don't know why the author never released it. Below is a copy of a session: - ----------------- >>axel -n 10 -a -S http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/super-tux/supertux-0.0.6.tar.bz2 ( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Commands and URLs. -n 10 specifies 10 threads to use. -a uses scp style progress bar. -S means it will search for mirrors. You can specify multiple connections like : ftp://ftp.{be,nl,uk,de}.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 or <URL> [<URL>] [<URL>] ... # Initializing download: http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/super-tux/supertux-0.0.6.tar.bz2 # 0->0 # File size: 1950361 bytes # Opening output file supertux-0.0.6.tar.bz2 # State file found: 1002185 bytes downloaded, 948176 to go. (^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I had once already downloaded it using six threads. It doesn't obey new thread numbers) # Starting download # # [ 59%] [...# .......1.....2 ..# ...4 ...5 ] [ 2.4KB/s] [05:29]803->803 ( ^ ^ these hashes represent threads trying to connect) # Connection 1 finished # Connection 1 taking over from 3 starting at 1172000 ( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) # [ 63%] [.....0 .............2 ..# 1 ....4 ...5 ] [ 2.9KB/s] [04:02]1005->1005 # Connection 3 timed out # [ 67%] [.....# .............2 ...3 1 ....4 ...# ] [ 2.8KB/s] [03:42]1807->1807 # Connection 5 timed out # [ 68%] [.....# ..............2 ...3 1 ....4 ...5 ] [ 3.0KB/s] [03:24]402->402 # Connection 0 timed out # [ 70%] [.....0 ..............2 ....31 ....4 ...5 ] [ 2.8KB/s] [03:24]2402->2402 # [ 71%] [.....0 ..............# ....31 ....# ...5 ] [ 2.7KB/s] [03:21]2003->2003 # Connection 3 finished # Connection 3 taking over from 5 starting at 1821278 # [ 71%] [.....0 ..............# .....1 ....# ...5 3 ] [ 2.7KB/s] [03:21] <CONTROL-C> ( pressed CTRL-C ) # Downloaded 377.9 kilobytes in 2:26 seconds. (2.58 KB/s) ( following is something I don't have a clue about ) # 2803->2803 # 1c02->1c02 # c04->c04 # 3003->3003 # 1406->1406 # 2c02->2c02 # 2803->2803 # 1c02->1c02 # c04->c04 # 3003->3003 # 1406->1406 # 2c02->2c02 - -- Regards, Arjun Asthana [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux: Choose your freedom __________________________ ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Unix to mac conversion (#1) LOST #220 If you have vim editor installed, the following will do a mac to Unix (text file) conversion: #!/bin/sh # Save u2m, chmod +x u2m vim -c ":set ff=mac" -c ":wq" $1 # Usage: u2m filename.txt ####[binand (at) cysphere.com]################################ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFAWYAc9mAtgws7e1wRAuSfAJ9BlYFmQpqu+GfSj0XqoiRa3NbceACeI1lp YHXxAwrZEc/zL9qqzoVKNAk= =n2En -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
