Why not use -o to write out just the .iso file name and that way the session ID 
doesn't matter at all?

curl -C - -o 'rhel.iso' 'paste location here'

--
David Kinzel | [email protected]



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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [rhelv5-list] Using curl to fetch RHEL isos

I'm trying to fetch RHEL ISOs over an unreliable ISP connection using curl. I 
can't find the download helper web page I used to refer to, so what follows is 
from memory. The problem is getting downloads to resume where they left off.

After logging onto RHN and going to the ISOs channels/downloads page, I 
right-click on the link I want and select "Copy Link Location". Then at a 
command line I type:

$ curl -C - -O 'paste link location here'    <-- middle mouse click to paste

The download starts and proceeds normally until my ISP connection fails. The 
problem I'm having is that the partially downloaded file will look something 
like this:

/home/doc/RHEL5/rhel-server-5.4-x86_64-dvd.iso?__gda__=1261105782_f07833f2185ff96df99c0c08b37cccd2

with the stuff after ".iso" apparently being related to my RHN session login. 
When I log back in to RHN (the original session having timed out) and try to 
resume the transfer, it starts over at 0 because the stuff after ".iso" is 
different in the new session.

This used to work. What am I doing wrong, or what's changed?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL



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