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Re: [Bug] wget and files >2GB
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote:
> <OT>
>
> One possibility: Try a native Windows tool. Internet Explorer or the ftp
> that comes with Windows might be able to handle it. There are other free
> (as in $0, not necessarily OS) possibilities.
>
> As much as one might like to use open source tools that one is familiar
> with, sometimes it may be more practical to use a Windows tool that one
has
> or can get.
>
> </OT>
Naturally, I eventually fell back to this option, using Mozilla (which
downloaded the file, but told be that I was downloading <negative-number>KB
of <negative-number>KB at <negative-number>KB/s .
I will be following up on the lftp suggestion for now, and adding examining
the possibility of enhancing wget to my todo list.
Max.
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