Comments on: Download Files Larger Than The Download Limit

By: ani

ani — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:44:53 +0000

we cannot download the first byte only as it is blocked by squid. how can we download them separately?

By: spsneo

spsneo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:35:50 +0000

@tito

Download the first 2byte separately.

By: tito

tito — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:55:10 +0000

hmm, interesting, i have try to implement this method, it works for 2nd chunk till the end. but for first chunk it fail

for first 2 byte (byte 0-1), still thinking how to download first 2 byte.
arggghhh…….

By: automate curl download by range | No

automate curl download by range | No — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:26:41 +0000

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By: Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:25:47 +0000

Hi there!

I have the same problem whith proxy.. but the restricted size to download files is set to 10 MB !!!

And my problem is the Update Manager, I’m usign Ubuntu 9.04.

Thanks for your help.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:42:44 +0000

Why don’t you just use DownThemAll in Firefox? It would do the same thing for you albeit automatically.

By: bart

bart — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:10:14 +0000

need help!!!!!
when i used curl to download am jus getting some 1 kb file and i wanna download backtrack os of some 700 mb and its an ftp site will this curl work with ftp sites???

By: Toby

Toby — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:40:53 +0000

What about BitTorrent? (where available – distro images should be no problem)

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:26:29 +0000

Hi!
Here’s a better version, improved, supports resuming:
http://pastie.org/284370

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:38:35 +0000

Feel free to do it. But if you can make some kind of optimization or correction on the script, I will be grateful.