[linux-help] Re: non-X download manager

[John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could look at cron and wget, or an rsync-type solution. For a
non-prioritized, recurring download, I'd probably create my own solution
with wget and cron. Both have helpful man pages.

John

>Howdy,
>
>I'm trying to find a download manager for linux.  I'm
>using Debian.  So far, I've been unable to find
>anything amongst the Debian packages.
>
>I need to be able to prioritize and schedule one-time
>& recurring downloads.
>
>I need a download manager that's for a non-X
>environment.  I need it to run from the command line
>environment, but a GUI of some kind would be
>preferable.  I'm guessing some of the more experienced
>Linux users simply create their own download
>managers.  True or not true?  If so, how?
>
>Nathan


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