diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 513ce9ef..a0b7c364 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-10-06 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa + + Updated doc + * README + 2008-10-06 Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa Updated French, Simplified Chinese, German, Bulgarian and Japanese diff --git a/README b/README index 5f086d6f..61957071 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ aria2 is a utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. It can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. -It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, -while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. +It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same +time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent +swarm. Using Metalink's chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file like BitTorrent. @@ -148,9 +149,11 @@ and copies whole file or a part of it to the destination. DHT ~~~ -As of release 0.13.0, aria2 supports DHT. The routing table is saved to $HOME/.aria2/dht.dat. +As of release 0.13.0, aria2 supports DHT. The routing table is saved to +$HOME/.aria2/dht.dat. -Note;; +Other things should be noted +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * -o option is used to change the filename of .torrent file itself, not a filename of a file in .torrent file. * The port numbers that aria2 uses by default are 6881-6999 for TCP and UDP. @@ -184,10 +187,44 @@ signature file is not saved. netrc ----- -netrc support is enabled by default in ftp. +netrc support is enabled by default for HTTP(S)/FTP. To disable netrc support, specify -n command-line option. Your .netrc file should have correct permissions(600). +SERVER PERFORMANCE PROFILE +-------------------------- +This section describes the format of server performance profile. +The file is plain text and each line has several NAME=VALUE pair, delimited by +comma. +Currently following NAMEs are recognized: + +host:: + Hostname of the server. Required. + +protocol:: + Protocol for this profile, such as ftp, http. Required. + +dl_speed:: + The average download speed observed in the previous download in bytes per sec. + Required. + +last_updated:: + Last contact time in GMT with this server, specified in the seconds from the + Epoch. Required. + +status:: + ERROR is set when server cannot be reached or out-of-service or timeout + occurred. Otherwise, OK is set. + +Those fields must exist in one line. The order of the fields is not significant. +You can put pairs other than above; they are simply ignored. + +An example is follow: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +host=localhost, protocol=http, dl_speed=32000, last_updated=1222491640, status=OK +host=localhost, protocol=ftp, dl_speed=0, last_updated=1222491632, status=ERROR +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Configuration file ------------------ Configuration file must be placed under $HOME/.aria2 and must be named as diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index 778fadf5..105d7761 100644 --- a/README.html +++ b/README.html @@ -341,8 +341,9 @@ You must use this program at your own risk.

FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. It can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. -It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, -while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. +It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same +time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent +swarm. Using Metalink's chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file like BitTorrent.

Here is a list of features.

@@ -687,12 +688,9 @@ size itself is required. Writing and reading is done against this file. After download completes, aria2 creates complete directory structure if needed, and copies whole file or a part of it to the destination.

5.2. DHT

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As of release 0.13.0, aria2 supports DHT. The routing table is saved to $HOME/.aria2/dht.dat.

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-Note -
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As of release 0.13.0, aria2 supports DHT. The routing table is saved to +$HOME/.aria2/dht.dat.

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5.3. Other things should be noted

  • @@ -724,8 +722,6 @@ As of release 0.10.0, aria2 stops sending request message after selective

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6. Metalink

@@ -746,11 +742,71 @@ signature file is not saved.

7. netrc

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netrc support is enabled by default in ftp. +

netrc support is enabled by default for HTTP(S)/FTP. To disable netrc support, specify -n command-line option. Your .netrc file should have correct permissions(600).

-

8. Configuration file

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8. SERVER PERFORMANCE PROFILE

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This section describes the format of server performance profile. +The file is plain text and each line has several NAME=VALUE pair, delimited by +comma. +Currently following NAMEs are recognized:

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+host +
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+ Hostname of the server. Required. +

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+protocol +
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+ Protocol for this profile, such as ftp, http. Required. +

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+dl_speed +
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+ The average download speed observed in the previous download in bytes per sec. + Required. +

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+last_updated +
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+ Last contact time in GMT with this server, specified in the seconds from the + Epoch. Required. +

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+status +
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+ ERROR is set when server cannot be reached or out-of-service or timeout + occurred. Otherwise, OK is set. +

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Those fields must exist in one line. The order of the fields is not significant. +You can put pairs other than above; they are simply ignored.

+

An example is follow:

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host=localhost, protocol=http, dl_speed=32000, last_updated=1222491640, status=OK
+host=localhost, protocol=ftp, dl_speed=0, last_updated=1222491632, status=ERROR
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+

9. Configuration file

Configuration file must be placed under $HOME/.aria2 and must be named as aria2.conf. @@ -770,7 +826,7 @@ ftp-pasv=true