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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [Bug] wget and files >2GB
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:30:24 +0100
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Hack Kampbjorn wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> On attempting to wget a DVD image, wget ended the transfer at 2GB.
>>
>> Could the maintainer look into this, please?
>
> No, I cannot wget has never supported 2 Gbyte files.

Thanks for the info, I was not aware of this.

> Some Linux distributions
> have written their own Large File support, but never in a portable way.
You
> are welcome to submit a patch to the wget list.

I'll look into this.

Max.


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