Hi, I use "wget" for all downloads, i cut and paste urls into a text file as i come across them which in turn is set up to be read by wget when it starts. I then start wget up in "ip-up.d" no problem, apart from being impatient sometimes :)
wget is included with debian to >;0) cheers Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I don't understand why they don't split the one big tar into pieces. > With the daily use of the telephone, it is nearly impossible for me > to download the whole thing. > > Is there any programs similar to Go Right in linux? > > Thanks. > > Shao. > > On Sun, May 23, 1999 at 01:40:40PM +1200, John Leget wrote: > > Unfortunately it seems the tar file i downloaded is corrupt :(. The sum of > > extracted > > files is less than the originall tar file <bugger> > > > > cheers > > > > Paul Harris wrote: > > > > > i didn't have a single problem: i just downloaded the tarball again to be > > > sure: > > > > > > download it, untar it. cd so51inst/office51 > > > > > > ./setup > > > > > > thats it... its there (in the tarball from mirror.aarnet.edu.au), along > > > with shitloads of f_..._. files, setup.ins and setup.zip > > > > > > you didn't just forget to look at the whole dir right? ls | less ? > > > > > > just try typing the binary name and see if it works... > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Sun, 23 May 1999, John Leget wrote: > > > > > > > Im about to try under potato except i cant find the .....office51/setup > > > > file there > > > > lots off f**** files and a setup.ins > > > > and thats it. > > > > > > > > I had a look inside the older 5.0 version and it does have a "setup" > > > > and also a > > > > "setup.zip" ,thing is the > > > > file i have appears ok same size as on the server - file length of the > > > > tar is72336K > > > > as on the ftp site i got it ? > > > > > > > > Did i miss something obvious. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > Paul Harris wrote: > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > > > yeah it works under slink fine... but i'm wondering if that is all > > > > > they > > > > > changed... apart from some small user interface diffs in the > > > > > configuration > > > > > section, nothing seems to have changed... i still see the little > > > > > annoyances from 5.0... > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |___/ > _____________________________________________________________________________