On Feb 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> > > On Feb 9, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Dan wrote: >>> > snip >>> >>> Use Curl ! first, it allows you to resume partial downloads, second, >>> it is friendlier with your computer (trust me). >>> >>> try in Terminal (maybe "cd Desktop"): >> >> cd ~/Desktop >> >> curl -LO url >> >> The -L says to properly follow redirects and the -O says to extract >> the filename from the url. The file is placed in the current default >> directory (the place where you cd'd to). >> >> curl -LO >> http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/ppc64/livecd/installcd-ps3- >> minimal-20071212-r1.iso >> >> Ok. That probably wrapped poorly, but you get the idea. >> >> To kill the download, hit ^C. >> >> To resume the download, just re-issue the command. > > Just started the 'curl' download ---- We'll see how this goes. > Keep the Terminal window as "80x24" --- otherwise the report information from the 'curl' command is hard to decipher. 'Ctrl c' stops the download --- Re-issuing the curl command does NOT resume the download. It just starts the process all over again. This time when starting things I neglected to enter the 'cd ~/ desktop' But was able to locate the download target file in my 'user' directory. [I.E. I found it, so no problem'] > Chuck D. >> >> HTH, >> - Dan. >> -- >> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
