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uget-gtk

UGET-GTK(1)							   User Commands						       UGET-GTK(1)

NAME

       uget-gtk - a download manager that uses gtk+2, and libcurl

SYNOPSIS

       uget-gtk [options] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

   Help Options:
       -?, --help
	      Show help options.

       --help-all
	      Show all help options.

       --help-gtk
	      Show GTK+ Options

   Application Options:
       --quiet
	      add download directly. Don't show dialog.

       --category-index=N
	      add download to Nth category. (default -1)

       --folder=FOLDER
	      placed download file in FOLDER.

       --filename=FILE
	      set download filename to FILE.

       --user=USER
	      set both ftp and http user to USER.

       --password=PASS
	      set both ftp and http password to PASS.

       --proxy-type=N
	      set proxy type to N. (0=Don't use)

       --proxy-host=HOST
	      set proxy host to HOST.

       --proxy-port=PORT
	      set proxy port to PORT.

       --proxy-user=USER
	      set USER as proxy username.

       --proxy-password=PASS
	      set PASS as proxy password.

       --http-user=USER
	      set http user to USER.

       --http-password=PASS
	      set http password to PASS.

       --http-referer=URL
	      include `Referer: URL' header in HTTP request.

       --http-cookie-data=STRING
	      load cookies from STRING.

       --http-cookie-file=FILE
	      load cookies from FILE.

       --http-post-data=STRING
	      use the POST method; send STRING as the data.

       --http-post-file=FILE
	      use the POST method; send contents of FILE

       --ftp-user=USER
	      set ftp user to USER.

       --ftp-password=PASS
	      set ftp password to PASS.

       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

AUTHOR

       uget  was  written  by  Raymond	Huang  <plushuang  at  users.sourceforge.net>,and this manual page was originally written by Dennis Craven
       <dcraven@gmail.com>

uget-gtk 1.4.9							     July 2009							       UGET-GTK(1)

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