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24 lines
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nget is a command line nntp file grabber.
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It automatically pieces together multipart postings for easy
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retrieval, even substituting parts from multiple servers and
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newsgroups. Handles disconnects gracefully, resuming after the
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last part succesfully downloaded.
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features:
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* Automatic multi-part post joining
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* Automatic binary decoding (using uulib)
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* Caches header data for quick access
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* Full multi-server support, transparently joining parts
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from different servers
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* Full multi-group support, transparently joining parts from
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multiple newsgroups
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* Automatic retries on network errors
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* Resumes after the last part successfully downloaded
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* Dupe file detection to avoid unneeded downloads
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* Select what to retrieve based upon a regular expresson (-r),
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or even a more complex expression (-R) based upon any of the
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file's subject, author, lines, bytes, # of parts we have,
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# of parts req, date, age, messageid, and references.
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* Search for newsgroups based on their names and/or descriptions
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* Automatic handling of PAR and PAR2 files retrieves only as many
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recovery files as necessary to repair any missing/damaged files.
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