https://github.com/thimc/dl

graphical downloading tool for 9front
https://github.com/thimc/dl

9front gui plan9 tool

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graphical downloading tool for 9front

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/thimc/dl
• Owner: thimc
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-15T21:43:08.000Z (5 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-18T17:44:56.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-18T19:04:00.459Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: 9front, gui, plan9, tool
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# dl

![dl](screen.png)

	dl [ -o output ] [ -ax ] url

Dl is a graphical alternative to hget(1) and is used for downloading

files from the world wide web.  It provides the user with a progress

bar, the estimated time when the download will finish and the current

downloading speed in a human readable format.

As seen in the image above, if the -a or -o flag is specified it

displays the output file next to what is currently being downloaded,

indicated by the "->". However, if the window size is too small it is

truncated to "..".

The -o flag specifies the name of the output file.

The -a flag sets the output file name to that of the parsed URL.

The -x flag prevents dl from qutting once the file has been

downloaded.

Dl will write the downloaded chunks to standard output if -a

nor -o has been set.

## Usage

As specified in the manual, dl can be used in a lot of different ways,

here are some to list a few:

`dl -a https://link.testfile.org/15MB` the name of the output file is

determined by the URL

`dl -o myfile https://link.testfile.org/15MB` the output file will be

named myfile.

`dl https://link.testfile.org/15MB >out` redirect stdout to a file

called out.

## Bugs

Dl does not implement all of hget(1)'s features.

Dl does not validate the URL passed to it, nor the output file name

and will crash if started with bogus parameters.

## License

MIT