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   From: oneingray@gmail.com   
      
   >>>>> J G Miller  writes:   
      
   	[Cross-posting to news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip, just in case.]   
      
   [...]   
      
    > As a first step one could use wget, but the best choice is prozilla   
    > --   
      
    >          
      
    > The advantage with prozilla being that if download suspend/reconnect   
    > is allowed, if your large download fails, you do not have to start   
    > from scratch.   
      
   	As in $ wget -c?   
      
   $ wget --help   
   ...   
     -c,  --continue                resume getting a partially-downloaded file.   
   ...   
   $   
      
   	But given a solid distribution infrastructure, with Metalink   
   	files and magnet: URIs all over the place, I'd probably   
   	recommend aria2c(1) at once instead.   
      
   [...]   
      
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