[ubuntu-in] Better way to correct hash failed downloads

Gora Mohanty gora at sarai.net
Thu Apr 22 05:39:18 BST 2010


On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:56:50 +0530
NARENDRA DIWATE <narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I use wget to download Linux ISO's and similar large files, but
> often find them to fail on hash check. This could be because the
> download happens in multiple attempts either due to net failure
> or power failure (UPS has conked sometime back). Wget fails to
> correct the hash fail downloads and insists that the download is
> complete.
[...]

You can use rsync to fix up small differences in an already
downloaded file.

Regards,
Gora



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