>>> Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/16/07 4:51 PM >>> > >On 16-Aug-07, at 4:46 PM, mehul wrote: > >>> my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do >>> the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told >>> them and they shipped the dvd to him. >> >> There are GUI ways too, isn't it? > >gui ways break on long downloads - often they refuse to resume. wget - >c is sure and safe. > Gui is not necessarily evil. I have had very good results with gftp. It automatically restarts, and can also continue/resume on a broken download. Though if you can spend the time to learn to use wget, you probably will not want to use anything else.
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