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desertwind
07-10-2005, 02:27 AM
Is there any batch downloader available for gnu/linux ?
alib_i
07-10-2005, 05:00 AM
uggh .. doesnt prozgui work ?
im not sure !

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GNUrag
07-10-2005, 12:53 PM
wget
Nothing more than that is required ever!
desertwind
08-10-2005, 12:12 AM
hey GNUrag, can u tell me how to add a batch download in wget, i cant find the option in man pages.

@alib_i: i dont think prozilla or prozgui has any batch download options.
GNUrag
08-10-2005, 12:03 PM
make a plain text file. And put all the download URLs in that file, one URL per line.

then give:
$ wget -b -i filename.txt

-b option will put wget into background daemon mode and complete the downloads while you work with other things,.
desertwind
08-10-2005, 01:28 PM
So how use wildcard characters ?

Say i want to download
www.abc.com/file01.ext
www.abc.com/file02.ext
...
www.abc.com/file99.ext

how can i do this ?
GNUrag
08-10-2005, 04:52 PM
Wild card in wget does work, but only with FTP and not with HTTP (due to HTTP's protocol limitations).
Try :
$ wget ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/*i386*.deb
desertwind
08-10-2005, 06:59 PM
ok, thanks gnurag, will try it.

but i'm stil in search or a downloader which can make use of wildcards even with http.