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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:12:03, forkd4nisse@dtek.chalmers.se (Martin 
Nisshagen) wrote:

�lhadley@nospam.net [iSTAR internet Incorporated] -> comp.os.os2.misc:
�
ۯ > Is there any way of getting Netscape 2.02 or 4.04 to
ۯ > append to files being downloaded.  I was trying to download
ۯ > OD 2.0 last night and had to restart 3 times after a
ۯ > couple of megs had already been downloaded.  On a 56K modem
ۯ > it was very painful.
ۯ 
ۯ   Hell, I'd like to see how to do this with Netscape 4.51 (W95), which
ۯ purportedly supports this...
�
�In Internet Explorer you just click on the same link again and it will
�automatically continue downloading the file and appending it, and I assume
�it's the same for the latest Netscape (who finally seems to support that).
�
�However, note that if you use the ftp protocol not every server supports the
�resume command (which the clients who supports it tries to use).

The best solution overall for that is wget; it supports continuing 
downloads etc.  Using the rexxified awget (automatic wget) under warp 
is a very good way to do this; wget's resource demands are very small,
and it is a very "fire and forget" solution.  I have the "ToDo" folder
on my launchpad; I just drag the relevant URL to it from netscape (or 
cut/paste the url from my newsreader into the folder; when I paste 
into the folder I tell the WPS that it's a url object and off it goes)
and within 30 seconds it fires up and starts getting the file.  It 
will go until it gets it all, if it's at all possible.

Jack Troughton   ICQ:7494149
http://216.113.27.164:8000/
jack.troughton at videotron.ca
jaft at adan.kingston.net
Montr�al PQ Canada