README
1Axel Home:
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3 See http://axel.alioth.debian.org/ for latest information on axel
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6* Supported architectures *
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9Should compile on any decent Linux system. Additionaly, it should compile
10(and run) on BSD, Solaris, Darwin (Mac OS X) and Win32 (Cygwin) systems.
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12If the configure script does weird things on your system, please do warn me!
13I test it on as many machines and OS'es as possible, but still anything can
14go wrong.
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18* How to install/use *
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22Run the configure script (you can supply some options if you want, try
23'./configure --help' for more info) and then run make. The program should
24compile then. There are no special requirements for Axel. You can install
25the program using 'make install' or you can just run it from the current
26directory. You can copy the axelrc.example file to ~/.axelrc then, if you
27want to change some of the settings.
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30Run the program like this:
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32axel ftp://ftp.nl.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.20.tar.bz2
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34For a simple single-server-multiple-connection download, or:
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36axel ftp://ftp.{nl,be,de}.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.20.tar.bz2
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38If you want to use those three servers for the download. The program can do
39an automatic search for FTP mirrors as well (filesearching.com), but that's
40not yet perfect... Just try the -S option. (The line above should at least
41work with the Bash shell. You can type all the mirrors by hand as well, if
42you really want to, and/or of necessary...)
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45Just one other thing you should keep in mind when using this program: Some
46FTP operators don't like people who use download accelerators. To quote an
47administrator at Progeny.Com in a mail to me:
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49<quote> Additionally, I should mention that accelerated downloads are
50discouraged as I consider them abusive. </quote>
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52And he certainly has a point.. Using more than one server at once is a fine
53solution IMHO, so please use this feature if possible!
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55Wilmer van der Gaast. <wilmer@gaast.net>
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