Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections??

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 00:33 this Thursday (GMT):
> Jack Wallen’s enthusiasm, I think, exceeds his grasp on facts, again
><https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-a-faster-way-to-download-files-on-linux-without-a-web-browser/>.
>
> Yes, wget is a convenient way to download large items, and lots of
> items: give it a list of URLs, and it will go away and do them all,
> quietly, in the background. It has lots of options for controlling its
> automatic retry-on-failure feature, too.
>
> But nowhere in the docs do I find mention that it can take advantage
> of multiple simultaneous connections to speed up a download.
>
> In the standard Debian repo, I see a separate package called “aria2”,
> that does indeed advertise the ability to use multiple simultaneous
> connections to speed up downloads <https://aria2.github.io/>.


aria2 is very useful, and I have it aliased over wget.
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wget Uses Multiple Connections?? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-12 00:33 +0000
  Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> - 2025-06-12 01:47 +0000
    Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-12 02:14 +0000
    Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-06-12 10:56 +0000
      Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-12 18:55 +0200
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    Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-13 23:30 +0000
  Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-06-13 01:10 +0000
  Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-06-15 01:18 +0000
    Re: wget Uses Multiple Connections?? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-06-18 05:30 +0000

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