wget is an awesome tool for most downloading needs, but I'd probably not call it a "Manager" since I can't think of a commandline tool that I would consider that title appropriate for. However, wget is an amazing tool for a couple different situations:
anonymous ftp: where the site is full most of the time. wget allows you to set a retry count (-t) which will continue to try a given URL. Recovery: Using the -c option allows you to recover from failed downloads. Mirroring: wget has special options specifically for mirroring other sites. Recursion: wget, being very good at mirroring, has many recursion options (downloading directory structures, not just files). HTTP and FTP support. begin Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:03:17 -0500) > Just a question for my own information. > > wget in "info wget" claims to be a good download manager. That is to say, > it can restart the download if the connection is lost. Does someone have > experience who can verify this? > > And, if you have experience with wget, do you have any experiences with > wget which might be useful to share with someone just starting to use it? > > Thanks, > Joel > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration & Support *Web Development and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
