Hi, I realize this may be out of the scope of wget, so I hope I don't offend anyone.
I wanted to request support for .metalink files. Metalink is a way to store ftp/http mirror info along with p2p & checksums. (p2p info is dropped if the client doesn't support it). It's a relatively simple XML file for storing info for segmented/multi-threaded downloads for download managers. Right now, GetRight (Windows) and FlashGot (Firefox extension) support it. I think its especially nice for large ISOs. A download manager will get a chunk or segment from multiple servers, which makes things pretty fast if you have a good connection. .metalink files look like this one for Fedora Core 5: <metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/";> <files> <file name="FC-5-i386-DVD.iso"> <size>4370640896</size> <verification> <hash type="md5">ed9a852cf77250c3ae111c621d350af5c0b0a29b</hash> </verification> <license> <name>GPL</name> <summary>Short explanation of license</summary> <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</url> </license> <resources> <url type="bittorrent" preference="100"> http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents/bordeaux-DVD-i386.torrent <url type="ftp" location="us" preference="90"> ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso </url> <url type="http" location="us" preference="80"> http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD. iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="us" preference="80"> ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/fedora/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="ca" preference="80"> ftp://ftp.telus.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso </url> <url type="http" location="ca" preference="90"> http://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="ca" preference="80"> ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/iso/FC-5-i386-DVD .iso </url> </resources> </file> </files> </metalink> There's more info & a demo of it in action at http://www.metalinker.org/ Anthony Bryan
