[gentoo-user] Re: wget won't concatenate(?)

[Marc Christiansen]

maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote:
> Then, because I needed to use the phone, after
> downloading 150Megs or so, I ctrl-C'd outta there
> thinking I could pick up where I left off. Wrong!
>
> wget wants to start from the beginning. I gave it the
> -nc option and it reports 'already there, not
> retrieving'.
>
> What did I do wrong? I've done this before with other
> files and this never happened. Maybe I used a
> different tool, can't remember.

Hi Maxim,

what you did wrong was using '-nc' when you wanted to use '-c' ;). From
wget --help:
|  -nc, --no-clobber              skip downloads that would download to
|                                 existing files.
|  -c,  --continue                resume getting a partially-downloaded file.

And why it did work before, maybe you used '-c' and just mis-remembered
the option, or you're right and it was a different tool. Who knows...

Adiaŭ, Marc

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