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Re: How do I limit how many bytes I read with wget/curl?
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ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
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ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 May 2015 00:24:04 -0700
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On 05/20/2015 05:00 AM, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote:
> Hi ToddAndMargo!
>
>   On 2015.05.19 at 21:04:10 -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote next:
>
>> I am trying to do this with wget:
>>
>> wget --connect-timeout=20 --read-timeout=1  --quiet  \
>> http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/utility/ -O -
>>
>> Problem: the site takes FOREVER to complete its download.  Dribble,
>> dribble, dribble.  Occasionally is just stops.  And wget hangs.
>>
>> I fired this web page up in Firefox ten minutes ago and it is still
>> loading!
>>
>> Is there a way to get wget to just time out after a while?
>>
>
> curl has -m option for that
>


Hi Vladimir,

I just finished incorporating this in to a huge updates script
I wrote.  It is working marvelously.  Thank you!

-T


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