Description

This file downloader downloads a file by breaking it into multiple parts and spawning separate process to download each part.

Prerequisites

cURL (Comes pre-installed with Ubuntu.)

Installation

just clone the repo

Usage

Example demonstrating how to run the program: ./fastloader -p --input-url= --output-filename= --splits=#numsplit --proxy= --approx-maxsize=#maxsize

short-option

• -p: to be specified if the file is to be downloaded in parts paralelly

long option

• : URL of the file to be downloaded
• : output filename
• : number of parts the file should be downloaded in
• : proxy url
• : approximate maximum size of the file