Re: [Bug-wget] Features request

[Darshit Shah]

Hi Taras,

Thanks for your interest in Wget.

On 10/31, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I use wget, I think such features will be useful.Are there objections 
> against the below, or something is already implemented and I did not 
> find?
>
> 1) Maximal size of downloaded file (not all the batch) : do not 
> download if value in header present and stop and delete otherwise if 
> it is too big. I implemented it in my internal version. This prevents 
> downloading huge files when downloading from list and the process is 
> not controlled manually.
This might be an interesting option to consider. I'm not aware of any option to 
limit downloads based on a single file's size. However, you must remember that 
not all servers send a Content-Length header. In such scenarios, Wget *must* 
download the file before it realizes its actual size. In such a case, what would 
be the expected outcome? Should Wget delete the larger file? Or retain it?

> 2) Rename output to file001...bin if the URL produces junk name (now 
> unable to download).Additional option -  for any non-7bit chars.
Could you please explain this issue further? What kind of junk name causes Wget 
to refuse downloading? A test case would be the best way to demonstrate this.

> 3) -N should work with - O ,also for bad output names without -O.
Look at the manual page for Wget, under the --output-document section. It 
explains why -N and -O do not fit well together.

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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah

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