[ale] Downloading multiple files at once

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On Monday 10 May 2004 19:55, Geoffrey wrote:
> Trey Sizemore wrote:
> > When I use gFTP or other such programs, I notice that if I select
> > several files to transfer/download, it downloads one, finishes, then
> > starts the next.  Is there a way to download several at once, or is this
> > a limit of the FTP site (allowing simultaneous connections)?
> 
> I do this all the time, by way of Mozilla.  Did it twice today, 
> downloading a total of 8 iso images, 4 at a time.
> 
> You should be able to do the same with most any graphical browser. I 
> assume gftp is graphical, but have no experience with it.  I've also 
> downloaded multiple files at the same time via separate term windows, 
> multiple incidents of ncftp.
> Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567

I tried to download today too, but this is all wrong, right?

user at computer:/z> cat SuSE-9.1-iso.disk1.md5
017e6e625e1cecaf95c3c8ffc40fdf1c  SuSE-9.1-iso.disk1
user at computer:/z> md5sum SuSE-9.1--1.iso
76a51a66c0f099919beeb187daefd382  SuSE-9.1--1.iso

user at computer:/z> md5sum SuSE-9.1--2.iso
eb859e6a85da26980e47df5b5717b1f0  SuSE-9.1--2.iso
user at computer:/z> cat SuSE-9.1-iso.disk2.md5
91c5f44a6162bc5384b7f9968bd4fb4f  SuSE-9.1-iso.disk2

user at computer:~> cd /z
user at computer:/z> md5sum SuSE-9.1--3.iso
3d85f33a6f969fbfdaa1332c3af1bccf  SuSE-9.1--3.iso
user at computer:/z> cat SuSE-9.1-iso.disk3.md5
7db7efcf5986b88add217aefccc4daba  SuSE-9.1-iso.disk3

user at computer:~> cd /z
user at computer:/z> md5sum SuSE-9.1--4.iso
ae0fe722b7672e64bdbea20b93123f5d  SuSE-9.1--4.iso
user at computer:/z> cat SuSE-9.1-iso.disk4.md5
2bbb5a31596943ea174b58d8cd320ba7  SuSE-9.1-iso.disk4

user at computer:~> cd /z
user at computer:/z> md5sum SuSE-9.1--5.iso
fde7938281de3b8eacd61c98ee1b3921  SuSE-9.1--5.iso
user at computer:/z> cat SuSE-9.1-iso.disk5.md5
2e3af5434af4a63358ae1726e684359f  SuSE-9.1-iso.disk5


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