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Re: LYNX-DEV W.Pac mirror?
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John Lim Eng Hooi |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV W.Pac mirror? |
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Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:23:54 +0800 (SGT) |
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV W.Pac mirror?
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Al Gilman wrote:
> > * From: Nelson Henry Eric <address@hidden>
> >It is nearly impossible to download any file outside of Japan greater
> >than 1MB to my site. Most downloads time out after 2-3 hours, and it
> >usually takes longer than that to download the current lynx. I cannot
> >believe that I am the only one in this predicament.
> Is this really anybody outside Japan? How is your connection to
> John Lim? Does FTPMAIL work for you (that's an overnight, but
Did I hear someone calling my name? :-) Sorry for intruding, just that I
was browsing the archives and noticed my name standing out, please ignore
if I'm NOT the John Lim you were looking for.
From what I gather, the discussion is about trouble downloading Lynx.
Just FYI, I haven't downloaded anything on Lynx recently so I can't
comment...
> there is no connection to timeout)? Shall I start canvassing for
> a mirror in Japan?
What does it take to be a mirror? (space/time/bandwidth commitments etc.)
PS - here's a tip which some of you might already be using, but I
myself just "discovered" it...
=====
A long while ago Lynx users (me included) were discussing about background
downloading, passing the URL to a shell etc. Here's a workaround I use:
I have a separate bookmark file (using multi-bookmarks) just for "Offline
Downloads". Whenever I want to add any files to the queue, I use 'a'dd
'l'ink to that particular multibookmark. When I'm done with Lynx (or you
can shell out at any time you wish), I run this alias which uses GNU Wget:
wget -q -nc -t0 -r -c --follow-ftp -np -nd -g off --force-html offline.htm
(that particular multibookmark is offline.htm)
- the wget options are customizable according to your preferences, refer
to wget docs
Seems to work fine for me so far, and to manage the "queue" I use Lynx's
multibookmarks management features...
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