On Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:18:46 GMT, Pepi <pepi@egg.nog> wrote:
>On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 09:41:16 -0800, Par Yer Rars wrote:
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>> Was able to DL a few smaller docu's but the larger sized all stalled
>> after about 30% DL.
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><long-winded off-topic crap>
>Yeah, that can happen sometimes with slower sites. If possible, you could
>try writing a simple script/batch/command file to download at times when
>the server might be less busy.
>
>I'd suggest wget for the job, if you have a direct link. Something like:
>
>wget 'http://link to file goes here/'
>
>Then schedule the command file to late night, early morning, or
>something. Chances are, that wget will work better than your browser (no
>GUI overhead), if that's what you tried, so you could use it manually
>first and see what happens.
>
>wget is "da shit" when downloading files from the web. On GNU/Linux it's
>pre-installed (usually), on that Redmond system, you have to google for
>it, or try and learn that so-called "power shell". M$'s vocabulary
>resembles that what a colleague of mine used to say: "Sounds mighty big
>when the house cat shits, but the result is rather disappointing."
>
>I tried that beast at work (not the cat, mind you), gave up after an
>hour's work trying to figure out the mile long commands and options to
>its "wget" command (which I think does something unrelated to downloading
>files, although you are supposed to be able to use it the same way).
>
>Anyway, instead I downloaded the real wget, installed it, then done in
>less than ten seconds.
>
>The point with that exercise was to script it for automatic download of
>stuff we need, and to do so during nights.
></long-winded off-topic crap>
>
>> Another site with some of the same films is:
>> https://www.filmpreservation.org/
>
>Another great find. Thanks. :)
>
>I have usually only used yt or archive.org.
thanks for the tip about wget
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