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6 ProZilla - a download accelerator for GNU/Linux
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9 proz [OPTIONS] <URL>
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12 ProZilla is a download program that makes multiple connections and
13 downloads a file in multiple parts from different servers simultane‐
14 ously, thus enhancing the download speed and downloading the file
15 faster than a download with a single connection.
16 ProZilla is able to do ftp searches for other possible sites that
18 contain the same file, ping them for connection speeds and automati‐
19 cally download from the fastest sites.
20 FTP passwords can be specified with the URL, or can be obtained auto‐
22 matically from ~/.netrc if it exists.
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25 -r, --resume
26 Resume an interrupted download
27 -f, --force
29 Never prompt the user when overwriting files
30 -1 Force a single connection only
32 -n, --no-netrc
34 Don't use .netrc, get the user/password from the command line,
35 otherwise use the anonymous login for FTP sessions
36 --debug
38 Log debugging info to a file (default is debug.log)
39 -v,--verbose
41 Increase the amount of information sent to stdout
42 --no-curses
44 Don't use the Curses interface, but the traditional plain text
45 interface
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48 -P, --directory-prefix=DIR
49 save the generated file to DIR/
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52 --use-port
53 Force usage of PORT insted of PASV (default) for ftp transac‐
54 tions
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57 -s, --ftpsearch
58 Do a ftpsearch for faster mirrors
59 --no-search
61 Do a direct download (no ftpsearch)
62 -k=n Use <n> connections instead of the default(4)
64 --timeout=n
66 Set the timeout for connections to <n> seconds (default 180)
67 -t, --tries=n
69 Set number of attempts to n (default(200), 0=unlimited)
70 --retry-delay=n
72 Set the time between retrys to <n> seconds (default 15 seconds)
73 --max-bps=n
75 Limit bandwith consumed to <n> bps (0=unlimited)
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78 --pt=n Wait 2*n seconds for a server response (default 2*4)
79 --pao=n
81 Ping n servers at once(default 5 servers at once)
82 --max-ftps-servers=n
84 Request a max of <n> servers from ftpsearch (default 40)
85 --min-size=n
87 If a file is smaller than <n>Kb, don't search, just download it
88 --ftpsid=n
90 The ftpsearch server to use (0=filesearching.com,
91 1=ftpsearch.elmundo.es)
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94 -L, --license
95 Display software license
96 -V, --version
98 Display version number
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101 proz <URL>
102 ProZilla will connect to that server and download the file using
103 the default settings
104 proz -1 <URL>
106 ProZilla will connect and download the file in 1 part only
107 proz -s <URL>
109 invokes ftpsearch and will download from the fastest servers
110 proz -s -k=10 <URL>
112 invokes ftpsearch and will download from the fastest servers
113 using 10 connections
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116 FETCHCOMMAND='/usr/local/bin/proz --no-curses --min-size=500 --no-getch
117 -s ${URI} -P ${DISTDIR}'
118 can be placed in /etc/make.conf to use ProZilla to download your
119 system updates. This example will not do FTP searches for files
120 < 500Kb, uses the text interface (handier with portage) and
121 saves the files in your ${DISTDIR} (normally /usr/portage/dist‐
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125 "/etc/prozilla.conf"
126 The global config file
127 "~/.prozrc"
129 The per-user config file
130 "~/.netrc"
132 A file which can be used to provide ProZilla with hosts,
133 accounts and passwords
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136 Please report bugs to our mailinglist via the website
137 http://prozilla.genesys.ro/
138Ralph Slooten Aug 29, 2005 ProZilla(1)