Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Funny, I use lftp because it is user friendly. I don't use wget because
it is not user friendly.
Yes, very funny, since wget just gets the specified URL to local disk
and is done with it, whereas lftp requires some farting with -c,
quoting, and ftp commands which I have no interest in knowing anything
about if I can avoid it, otherwise it just barfs. See (any file will
do):
lftp ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/README.mirror-policy
cd: Access failed: 550 CWD command failed. (/pub/README.mirror-policy)
User-friendly indeed. Not.
With http it's as bad:
lftp http://google.com/
Sits there waiting for me. Ho hum. Ok, give it a file then:
lftp http://google.com/index.html
cd: received redirection to `http://www.google.com/index.html/'
cd: Access failed: 404 Not Found (/index.html)
Ooops. No comment.
wget ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/README.mirror-policy
...
19:48:56 (27.63 KB/s) - `ftp.suse.com/pub/README.mirror-policy' saved [2277]
(I set dirstruct=on in /etc/wgetrc, otherwise it would save to local
path.)
wget http://google.com/
...
19:50:01 (26.21 MB/s) - `www.google.co.nz/index.html' saved [2611]
I can see a clear winner here. Uhhm, well for files < 2GB.
Volker
<rant>
Have I gone invisible or wot? It's a real p*sser when you go to the
trouble of sorting through your notes, give exactly the required answer
(probably the only current solution), offer to deliver the software, and
*still get ignored*.
</rant>
Steve
