On 27 Nov 2001 at 13:07, John Masinter wrote: > It seems that wget will download an entire large file regardless of what > I specify for the quota. For example I am trying to download only the > first 100K of a 800K file. I specify this: > > wget -Q 100K http://url-goes-here > > It then proceeds to download the entire 800K file. I've also tried using > the "--quota=100K" form as well as "-Q 100000" and nothing seems to work. > > Did I misinterpret the purpose of this argument?
Yes, as it says in the manual, the quota will never affect downloading a single file. You may wish to try out the new --range option in wget 1.8-dev (available via anonymous CVS), or wait until wget 1.8 comes out.
