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| author | bjs <bjs@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-10-17 09:42:39 +0000 |
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| committer | bjs <bjs@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-10-17 09:42:39 +0000 |
| commit | 99830f8e9618f0280125ff1c93078850bc5ba080 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f2cbb928880b53f4cdf980fe79f71f403454c29 /net/aria2/DESCR | |
| parent | d7293ea2acc27d0e42000b06c1d9cdd667518b59 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-99830f8e9618f0280125ff1c93078850bc5ba080.tar.gz | |
Import aria2 0.11.3 (patched to stable-0.11 branch).
aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading.
Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent; it also supports
MetaLink 3.0.
Some of its features:
* Command-line interface
* Download files through HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent
* HTTP Proxy support
* FTP through HTTP Proxy
* HTTP BASIC authentication support
* HTTP Proxy authentication support
* Segmented downloading
* Download speed throttling
* Upload speed throttling in BitTorrent
* Cookie support
* Load Cookies from file whose format is one used by Netscape and
Mozilla.
* Run as a daemon process.
* Selective download in multi-file torrent/metalink
* BitTorrent Fast extension support
* Multi-tracker support
* Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent)
* Chunk checksum validation in Metalink
* Can disable segmented downloading in Metalink
* netrc support
* Configuration file support
* Download URIs found in a text file or stdin
* Parameterized URI support
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diff --git a/net/aria2/DESCR b/net/aria2/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9107d109851 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/aria2/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +aria2 is a utility for downloading files. It has completely new design +concept from its predecessor, Aria, and is written from scratch. aria2 +has a segmented downloading engine in its core. It can download one +file from multiple URLs or multiple connections from one URL. This +results in very high speed downloading, much faster than ordinary +browsers. This engine in was implemented in a single-thread model. The +architecture is clean and easy to extend. aria2 currently supports +HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink version 3.0. + +Please visit the project web site at http://aria2.sourceforge.net |