downloading long files

[Michele Simionato]

I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
download without restarting from the beginning?


Michele

[Radovan Garabik]

Re: downloading long files

Michele Simionato <michele.simion ato@poste.it> wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
> to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
> that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
> if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
> download without restarting from the beginning?[/color]

yes, use wget http://www.gnu.org/directory/wget.html
or are you looking for a pure python solution?

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[Padraig@Linux.ie]

Re: downloading long files

Michele Simionato wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
> to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
> that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
> if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
> download without restarting from the beginning?[/color]

What has this to do with python?

Anyway I'm assuming linux since you mentioned it,
so use wget or even better:
rsync -P rsync://rsync.server.co m/path/to/file file

Pádraig.

[Michele Simionato]

Re: downloading long files

garabik-news-2002-02@kassiopeia.j uls.savba.sk (Radovan Garabik) wrote in message news:<brmds0$4q qjm$1@ID-89407.news.uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue]
> Michele Simionato <michele.simion ato@poste.it> wrote:[color=green]
> > I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
> > to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
> > that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
> > if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
> > download without restarting from the beginning?[/color]
>
> yes, use wget http://www.gnu.org/directory/wget.html
> or are you looking for a pure python solution?[/color]

A pure Python solution would be preferable, indeed.

Michele

[John Abel]

Re: downloading long files

If I remember rightly, there is python code for a resumable HTTP
downloader in the Python Cookbook. I don't think it would take much
work for it to handle FTP, too.

Regards

John

Michele Simionato wrote:
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>garabik-news-2002-02@kassiopeia.j uls.savba.sk (Radovan Garabik) wrote in message news:<brmds0$4q qjm$1@ID-89407.news.uni-berlin.de>...
>
>[color=green]
>>Michele Simionato <michele.simion ato@poste.it> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
>>>to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
>>>that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
>>>if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
>>>download without restarting from the beginning?
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>yes, use wget http://www.gnu.org/directory/wget.html
>>or are you looking for a pure python solution?
>>
>>[/color]
>
>A pure Python solution would be preferable, indeed.
>
> Michele
>
>[/color]