Actually, it just might be an issue with gmail's maximum attachment size really....
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=8770 On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM, P. A. Bagyenda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Single quotes around URL are your friend: wget -O outfilename > 'very_long_url' > > But I doubt that will work, as I expect Gmail requires some cookies to be > set before download works. If there is a way you can inspect the cookies > set by Gmail in your browser, then you should be able to mimic a browser > call, setting the cookies with wget. > > P. > > On Sep 17, 2008, at 06:35, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> There are about 4 or 5 "&" signs in the url and they "break" the curl into >> small urls and it fails >> >> On Sep 17, 2008, at 2:01 AM, Simon Sekidde wrote: >> >>> Use curl instead >>> >>> curl -C - -O 'very_long_url' >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am trying to download a large file sent to my gmail (nearly 20MB) and >>>> it >>>> keeps breaking after about 8MB is down >>>> wget does not work on the url. I would prefer to use wget as the link >>>> may >>>> be the problem. >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> Kiggs >>>> >>>> -- Acta Virum Probant -- >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> Kiggundu Mukasa >>>> KYM-NET LTD. >>>> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street >>>> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda >>>> Tel: +256 772 972255 >>>> +256 414 571779 >>>> Fax: +256 312 262122 >>>> http://kym.net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >>>> way. >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Simon Sekidde >>> gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Acta Virum Probant -- >> >> - ---- >> Kiggundu Mukasa >> KYM-NET LTD. >> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street >> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda >> Tel: +256 772 972255 >> +256 414 571779 >> Fax: +256 312 262122 >> >> http://kym.net >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) >> >> iD8DBQFI0HsKB7ysNxfQ4A4RAgG5AJ0R9MxOrSqhtVdFrTCvFrQkwd9S6gCfWv2j >> aNVtKfSKK42puaMsE3cpQQA= >> =hRR/ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- Simon Sekidde gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
