Re: [Bug-wget] downloading files in multiple computer

[Ángel González]

Rahul Prasad wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I wont be able to stop download manually by pressing Ctrl+C. 
> Is there any way to stop wget after downloading fixed number of bytes (Less 
> than actual size) of a file without explicitly terminating download?
>
> I thought of an alternate way, to create 0 byte file using /truncate/ and 
> continuing download, but that doesn't work.
> If I create 1 byte file, downloading works but unzipping does not, cuz of 
> first byte.
>
> _This is *not* downloading_
> truncate -s0 download.zip
> wget -c --header "Range: *0-100*" http://noya.co.in/download.zip
>
> _Not even this_
> wget -c --header "Range: *1-100*" http://noya.co.in/download.zip
>
> _This is downloading_
> truncate -s1 download.zip
> wget -c --header "Range: *1-100*" http://noya.co.in/download.zip
>
> But in this case unzipping does not work :(
I know. I tested it.
If you know that it's a zip file you could cheat. :)

echo -n P > download.zip # We create a 1-byte file with a P. Do not place new 
lines!
wget -c --header "Range: *bytes=1-100*" http://noya.co.in/download.zip # Now 
this works