Re: [Bug-wget] Feature Request

[Darshit Shah]

There already exists a similar option called --limit-rate. It's
documented in the man and info pages for Wget.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Harvey Pwca <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sir/Madam;
>
> I have an idea for a new wget option.
>
> Allow the user to specify a download speed for the item(s) being retrieved.
> The speed could be set in Bytes (B), Kilobytes (K), or Megabytes (M)
> depending upon the bandwidth available to the user.
>
> While it is possible to make wget become "aware" of the bandwidth available
> —and what is being used by other applications— I think this would not be a
> good idea since it removes from the user the ability to prioritize their
> applications usage of the bandwidth. Just allow the user to state what
> bandwidth wget should use.
>
> Thank you.
>



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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah