Charles Galpin stated the following:
>
> > Wolfgang Pfeiffer stated the following:
>
> > > But let me point to this: 'wget' does ftp *and* http -- I find it very
> > > useful for downloading html-ized manuals: wget is able to follow links on
> > > html-pages and then download them ... perhaps a bit complicated for
> > > beginners as I am, but once understood it seems to be very fast and
> > > extremely useful for people wanting to let jobs being done by the machine
> > > that otherwise would have to be done by humans ... :)
>
> 1. I can't figure out the option to get wget to retry when the server says
> it's too busy to accept any more connections. -t doesn't fix this.
Try --tries=0 or greater than zero. Zero keeps trying unlimitlessly.
Sometimes the single letter options in all commands don't work (I
don't know why).
> 2. if you want to kick off multiple downloads (and yet still get
> feedback) you need to open multiple terminals.
Use an ampersand "&" preceded by a space at the very end of your wget
command (the last thing you put before pressing enter). It works with
most commands.
> Try lftp. You will find it solves both of these most admirably. I can
> start several simultaneous doenloads ans see their status anytime. If the
> sevre it busy it keeps trying to reconnect.
I plan to.
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