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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:53:24 -0400
From: Robert Pendell <shinji257 AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [Bug] wget and files >2GB
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Sorry but that won't work either.  Reason being is that even most
windows download managers have this problem.  Getright is one and I
think that there are several others.  Most don't support beyond 2GB.

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:43:23 -0400, 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>
> 
> 
> 
> At Friday, July 30, 2004 5:30 PM, Max Bowsher wrote:
> > Hack Kampbjorn wrote:
> >> Max Bowsher wrote:
> >>> On attempting to wget a DVD image, wget ended the transfer at 2GB.
> >>>
> >>> Could the maintainer look into this, please?
> >>
> >> No, I cannot wget has never supported 2 Gbyte files.
> >
> > Thanks for the info, I was not aware of this.
> >
> >> Some Linux distributions
> >> have written their own Large File support, but never in a portable
> >> way. You are welcome to submit a patch to the wget list.
> >
> > I'll look into this.
> >
> > Max.
> 
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