curl

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:15:53AM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> From: Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
> > > 
> > I think paul had it. more correct.
> > 
> > 
> >        -C/--continue-at <offset>
> >               Continue/Resume a previous file transfer at the  given  offset.
> > Now your line:
> > 
> >    curl ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso
> > 
> > Looks like it might become:
> > 
> >    curl -C - ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso
> > 
> > 
> > Note the '-' after the -C
> 
> I think Aleksander was just suggesting to use wget, with its simpler
> command-line interface and automatic retrying. However, until recently
> wget had broken large file support and was unsuitable for downloading
> DVD ISOs.
> 
> I would certainly not use:
> 
> curl -C - ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso
> 

> as this would *definitely* not have the desired effect. Before
> even starting the curl program, the shell will overwrite the existing
> somefile.iso and connect standard output to a new, empty file of that
> name. The --output option should be used instead of a shell redirect.

I got half way to dinner and knew that I was wrong.
Glad someone caught it early.


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