https://github.com/richardpl/ncdm

ncurses download manager
https://github.com/richardpl/ncdm

c download-manager libcurl libcurl-multi ncurses ncurses-library ncurses-tui protocol pthreads tui

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ncurses download manager

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/richardpl/ncdm
• Owner: richardpl
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-09-13T21:41:15.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-11T11:54:04.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-11T12:37:40.089Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: c, download-manager, libcurl, libcurl-multi, ncurses, ncurses-library, ncurses-tui, protocol, pthreads, tui
• Language: C
• Size: 108 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
NCDM: NCurses Download Manager

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Copyright (c) 2017 Paul B Mahol

NCDM is TUI tool to download files over various protocols.

Features

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* Resume download

* Showing extra info

* Speed download control for each URL

* Bunch of protocols supported

Usage

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After starting, press F1 or ? to toggle display help.

Use a/A to enter new download URL.

Use S to stop/start all downloads.

Use p to unpause/pause selected download.

Use i to toggle more info for selected item.

Use D to delete selected download from the download list.

Use HOME/END & UP/DOWN to scroll items being downloaded.

Use LEFT/RIGHT to decrease/increase speed of download.

Use Q to quit.

You can also give URLs you want to download via command-line parameters.

Optional switches:

-R referer - This one set referer for next URL. If URL does not follow it, it

             will be ignored.

-M number  - This one set max number of connections available at same time.

             Setting this to 0, will use new connection for each new download.

             Set this to 1 if you want to download up to one item at same time.

-H number  - Set max number of connections available at same time to

             single host:port combination.

-o file    - Set output file, not overwritting it if it exist.

-O file    - Similar as above but with overwritting.

-i file    - Input file with URLs to fetch, each URL is in separate line.

-s speed   - Limit max speed in bytes for downloading URL that follows it.

-x bool    - Auto start downloading.

-X bool    - Auto exit when all was downloaded.

Example

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Fetch ftp://ftp.foo.com/foo.iso:

ncdm -M 1 -o new.iso -s 4096000 ftp://ftp.foo.com/foo.iso

Building

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To build NCDM, you need C99 compiler, a POSIX system, recent libcurl

library, libevent2 library, pthreads and ncursesw library.

To build simply type `make`.

Bugs & Patches

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Please file any bugs or problems on the GitHub Issues page, and send

any new code as a Pull Request.