On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 07:15:53AM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > I think paul had it. more correct. > > > > > > -C/--continue-at <offset> > > Continue/Resume a previous file transfer at the given offset. > > Now your line: > > > > curl ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso > > > > Looks like it might become: > > > > curl -C - ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso > > > > > > Note the '-' after the -C > > I think Aleksander was just suggesting to use wget, with its simpler > command-line interface and automatic retrying. However, until recently > wget had broken large file support and was unsuitable for downloading > DVD ISOs. > > I would certainly not use: > > curl -C - ftp://ftp.someone.net/somefile.iso > somefile.iso > > as this would *definitely* not have the desired effect. Before > even starting the curl program, the shell will overwrite the existing > somefile.iso and connect standard output to a new, empty file of that > name. The --output option should be used instead of a shell redirect. I got half way to dinner and knew that I was wrong. Glad someone caught it early. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-)
