Strange PDF problems.

[J.Markoll]

squareyes a écrit :
> Hi all,
> I have just downloaded a pdf file , 34,042Kb , am on dial up, so very slow.
> First time stopped at 9meg, re-tried and the download manager tells me 
> it's downloading at 650kbs, not possible with dialup, but the file 
> showed it was coming down at that speed in the download manager. 
> (Gkrellm showed it at between 4.5 and 6.4 which is more realistic)
> The transfer rate gradually came down to 9.5 kbs which also isn't likely
> on a dial up connection. When fully downloaded, it will not open.There
> is a discrepancy between the downloaded file size and that shown on the
> site I downloaded it from. Site file size 34,042k   -  Downloaded file
> 33.200k .
> Can anyone tell me what happened with the transfer speeds?, 650kbs is
> crazy (wish it could happen though)
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> Take Care
> Winton
Hi Squareyes!
I advise you to use wget in console to download your documents as well 
as we use it for download applications. wget is powerful and will not 
lieve you with a rotten file. The good way is incase the connexion 
fails, or if you want to quit it momently with the 'Ctrl+c' command, you 
can start the download again with a -c option that will do wget start 
again at the point it left the datas, so you don't get any lost in the 
meanwhile. Not sur I'm clear. Example:

$wget http://www.urlofmypdf.pdf

so it downloads.

I neen the bandwith for other task, I use the keybindings Ctrl+c the 
prompt comes back. When I need restart,

$wget -c http://www.urlofmypdf.pdf

will continue download on the same file, at the precise point it did 
interrupt. So is the power of a Shell.

How to get the document's URL ? with a right click on the link, 'copy 
the adress of the link' then drop it in the console with the past 
fonction of the mouse. Don't forget to check the spaces in the line, and 
hit 'Enter!' joyfully  :)
Greetings, Joyce Markoll.


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