Hi, I beg for this features to be added to wget. First make a command line options that allows someone to specify the range of a download. For example: wget --range 0-500 ... This would download only the first 500 bytes (kbytes or Mb). Next make a command line option for specifying splits. For example: wget --split 5 .. Suppose the file to download is 5Mb long. then this command would fork 5 times spanning the following childs (which run simultaneously) : wget --range 0-1000 ... wget --range 1001-2000 ... wget --range 2001-3000 ... wget --range 3001-4000 ... wget --range 4001-5000 ... After all the childs are done, merge the splitted files in a single file. I am very aware not all the servers support ranges, but PLEASE make it work for those who do support it. Also, please keep the -c (continue) and -t (tries) options compatible with the --range and --split. This can dramatically reduce download times and is one feature precent in several download managers in Windoze.
