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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2005 14:05:43 PDT7
From:	jzlists <jzlists@gtdneo.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: wget '-c (restart?) function

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I am among that small minority who use wget without
fully understanding it.
I have a dialup Internet connection and wget's -c
function (which I call the restart function) has
proved invaluable to me for large downloads.

Recently however I nave encountered sites which
seem to prohibit use of the -c function.
I get a msg about "not truncation xxx.xxx where
xxx.xxx is the file whose download I am attempting to 'restart.

Can and do some sites prohibit 'restarting'?

A case in point is: .

TIA
Jerry

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