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

[Rahul Prasad]

On Wednesday 01 December 2010 05:02 AM, Ángel González wrote:
> Rahul Prasad wrote:
> > Thanx for the hack but the I need a generic hack.
> > I am trying to build an opensource application which downloads a file
> > partially using wget on different computers. Each computer synchronize
> > download status using a centralized server.
> >
> > Is it WGET not downloading the file or SEVER not sending the content?
> > If its wget then we can fix it using a patch right ? So that it can
> > download partial content even if file does not exists.
> It is wget which doesn't accept such thing (we are placing it into an
> state it doesn't expect). A patch can certainly add a --range feature.
Can u plz tell me where to look for in wget's code, which force it to 
retry download based of certain unsatisfied criteria?

I think the patch should
/force download of partial content without expecting original file./
--force-partial-content

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