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# 1  
Old 01-10-2011
wget don't download complete file
I am using ubuntu 10.04 LTS
I tried to download the file using wget , the file size is 105.00 MB, but wget downloads only around 44K.

may be I am using wget in wrong way, any suggestions please?

Below is the command I used and the response from system.

Code:
wget --tries=10 -nd -nH --use=user --password=password   fileserve.com/file/ZTDtvBt/Winnie.the.Pooh_Seasons.of.Giving.1999.DVDRip.XviD.part2.rar
--2011-01-10 14:28:36--  http://www.fileserve.com/file/ZTDtvBt/Winnie.the.Pooh_Seasons.of.Giving.1999.DVDRip.XviD.part2.rar
Resolving www.fileserve.com... 209.222.23.222
Connecting to http://www.fileserve.com|209.222.23.222|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `Winnie.the.Pooh_Seasons.of.Giving.1999.DVDRip.XviD.part2.rar'

    [   <=>                                                                                                                         ] 43,015      89.2K/s   in 0.5s    

2011-01-10 14:28:37 (89.2 KB/s) - `Winnie.the.Pooh_Seasons.of.Giving.1999.DVDRip.XviD.part2.rar' saved [43015]


Thank you very much

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Mod Comment Please start using code tags, especially if you post URLs that should not be converted to links....
Last edited by pludi; 01-10-2011 at 10:51 AM..
# 2  
Old 01-10-2011
Open the downloaded file with your editor of choice. It's probably an HTML file containing an error message, plus the request to log in.
# 3  
Old 01-10-2011
pludi, it seems the OP is trying to download a rar zipped video file, not an HTML file.
# 4  
Old 01-10-2011
I know. But I've had the experience that, especially with sites that need session cookies or proper referrers, wget will save the error page with the same name as the file that should be downloaded.
# 5  
Old 01-10-2011
Hmmmm. Even the command line syntax is not correct, for example:

Code:
--use=user

should be:

Code:
--user=user

# 6  
Old 01-10-2011
my apologies , that was a typo, I wanted to remove the actual username and password, and resulted in typo.


Code:
wget -r --tries=10 -nd -nH --user=user --password=password http://www.fileserve.com/file/eMq4P7s/Winnie.the.Pooh_Seasons.of.Giving.1999.DVDRip.XviD.part1.rar

the above command downloaded 44K size of rar file, but I could not open the rar file , the error message while opening is file is damaged or incorrect format.

please suggest me correct syntax, I am unable to open rar file so I can't see what is the message in the file.

I used user name and password so i don't think the problem is with user name and password.

Thanks again.
# 7  
Old 01-10-2011
Hi.

It's the incorrect format, probably for the reason pludi states in post #2.

Use a text editor to open the file, or cat it, to see what's in it.
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