User Commands                                             aget(1)



NAME
     Aget - multi-threaded HTTP download accelerator

SYNOPSIS
     aget [options]... URL


DESCRIPTION
     Aget is a multi-threaded HTTP download accelerator  that  is
     utilizing  the POSIX thread library - libpthread(3LIB). Aget
     is an acronym for two Turkish words "Acele Getir"  (English:
     Get it fast!).

     Tests show that Aget is successful in realizing  its  objec-
     tives.  A file of size 36,347,010 bytes was downloaded in 14
     minutes 28 secs via wget(1); whereas it was downloaded in  3
     minutes and 15 seconds via aget.

     If downloading a file of size less  than  512K  bytes,  it's
     suggested to use small segments, i.e. 4-5. However for large
     files, it's urged to increase the number of threads to speed
     up.


OPTIONS
     -p port        port number to connect to.


     -l file        local file name, if different from the remote
                    file.


     -n threads     suggested number of threads.   If  no  thread
                    number is supplied, it is defaulted to 1.


     -f             force use of suggested number of threads.


     -h             help screen.


     -v             version info.


EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0      Successful completion.






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     1      Application exited with failure.


     -1     POSIX pthreads creation error occurred.


EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Say you want to download a URL using 10  threads,
     just type:

     example% aget -n 10 http://www.enderunix.org/murat/barismanco-hibrahimsofrasi.mp3


BUGS
     Note, aget does not currently support IPv6. Sun Microsystems
     will  work  with the upstream community to provide IPv6 sup-
     port at later time.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     _______________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
    |_______________________________________
    | Availability       |  SUNWaget       |
    |_______________________________________
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted    |
    |____________________|_________________|

SEE ALSO
     wget(1), libpthread(3LIB)

NOTES
     The       aget       project       is       located       at
     http://www.enderunix.org/aget/

     Source for aget is available on http://opensolaris.org.

















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