[X-SW] Resuming of HTTP Downloads after a failure

[Jerry Kemp]

If you are looking for a GUI/non-shell based method,

I recommend Sun Download manager.  This is the download page.

http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/download.xml

It has saved me many times from having to restart a http download.

Jerry Kemp


TjL wrote:
> 
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
> 
>> When attempting to download the new Parallels file at 
>> <http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/>, it has been 
>> repeatedly failing due to a server overload. If I purposefully press 
>> the Stop Downloading button in Safari's Downloads window, I can then 
>> Resume the downloading of that same file. But if the download fails 
>> due to the server overload, the partial file that exists can not be 
>> resumed. This is a tough deal since many of the dozens of attempts 
>> have gotten more than 80 or 90% complete. Fortunately it did work for 
>> me late last night. :-)
> 
> I always use wget at the commandline, as it will automatically resume a 
> "broken" download.
> 
> wget isn't part of the standard OS X installation, but curl is:
> 
> http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/05/monday-man-page-curl/
> 
> TjL
> 
> ps - checkout the Parallels forums, there are almost always people who 
> announce mirrors of the new download
> 
>