Gwget reports wrong total file size for DVD ISO download

[Jay Mistry]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Andrew Farris<flyindragon1 at aol.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 23:50 +0530, Jay Mistry wrote:
> [snip]
>> Is there a problem with gwget that reports a wrong file size;  also
>> any other suggestions for large file d/l other than gwget ?
>> (I read earlier that Firefox could not handle file size downloads > 4
>> GB; is this still true for FF 3.0.13 ?)
>
> I dont know if it's true for firefox... I've never had an issue with big
> files, only really small ones.

It's probably related to the FAT32 filesystem, not FF (if one saves
the file to a VFAT partition that has a 4 GB file size limit).

> either way, i usually just use wget
> straight from the command line if i must use it at all... but have you
> tried using a bittorrent? you'll probably get it faster, and they
> support stop/resume flawlessly.


I have filed a bug for gwget at GNOME:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592771#c1

Jay

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