[Bug] wget and files >2GB

Hack Kampbjorn cygwin@hack.kampbjorn.com
Fri Jul 30 21:43:00 GMT 2004


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. 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.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Max.
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