From: Konrad Meyer <konrad@...>
Date: 2007-12-24T12:49:53+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyWget / "Axel"

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Quoth Marc Heiler:
> "Axel does the same thing any other accelerator does: it opens more than
> one HTTP/FTP connection per download and each connection transfers its
> own, separate, part of the file."
>=20
> Basically I am wondering (as I want to slowly extend on my primitive
> ruby "wget", which so far supports 0 options the "normal" wget
> supports...):
>=20
> How could something like Axel be done in Ruby?
> The url to Axel is at http://wilmer.gaast.net/main.php/axel.html
>=20
> I'd be glad for any pointers.

Using httpaccess2 or a simple tcp stream or whatever, send headers to the=20
server that include a Content-Range: bytes=3Dblah-blah header.

=2D-=20
Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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