> -----Original Message----- From: t u [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: > wget question (connect multiple times) > > hi, I hope it is okay to drop a question here. > > I recently found that if wget downloads one file, my download speed > will be Y, but if wget downloads two separate files (from the same > server, doesn't matter), the download speed for each of the files > will be Y (so my network speed will go up to 2 x Y). > > So my question is, can I make wget download the same file "multiple > times simultaneously"? In a way, it would run as multiple processes > and download parts of the file at the same time, speeding up the > download. > > Hope I could explain my question, sorry about the bad english. > > Thanks > > PS. Please consider this as an enhancement request if wget cannot get > a file by downloading parts of it simultaneously.
> Tony Lewis wrote: >> A) This is the list for reporting bugs. Questions should go to >> wget@sunsite.dk >> >> B) wget does not support "multiple time simultaneously" >> >> C) The decreased per-file download time you're seeing is (probably) because >> wget is reusing its connection to the server to download the second file. It >> takes some time to set up a connection to the server regardless of whether >> you're downloading one byte or one gigabyte of data. For small files, the >> set up time can be a significant part of the overall download time. >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> Tony Just to make sure this is received as a feature request because of (B), it would be nice to enable wget to download parts of files simultaneously as multiple processes. Example: wget --option-to-multiple-download=3 file.ext wget1 dowloads the first 1/3 of the file wget2 downloads the second 1/3 of the file wget3 downloads the third 1/3 of the file. Thanks for the reply, it helped. sincerely. PS. As a response to (A), I sent my message to bug-wget because I wanted this to be considered as a feature request if it wasn't already implemented. Also, I did not see wget@sunsite.dk at http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/index.html#mailinglists. It only lists "bug-wget" and "wget-patches".
