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[ILUG] how not to download a DVD ISO image, a step-by-step guide

[ILUG] how not to download a DVD ISO image, a step-by-step guide

Cian Davis davisc at skynet.ie
Mon Jan 28 11:15:52 GMT 2008


Conor Wynne wrote:
> I always use curl, example:
>
> $ curl -C - -O http://blahblah/file.iso
> It has resume features, and seems to always work, even over https.

You need a version of curl that supports 4GB files - I can't remember
which version is the one you need. Same with wget - it does support it,
but you need to have a new version.

(In fairness, I was reasonably sure that both have supported large files
for quite a while now)

Regards,
Cian



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