I'm using aria2 to download a list of files that is dynamically generated. I want it to skip the files that are already in the download directory, but instead of doing this, it just re-downloads them and adds a .1 to the filename. I tried using --check-integrity=true, but that did not change the behavior. Is there a way to make it skip files that already exist?
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Lily Mara
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1Doesn't this question belong to superuser? – Shmuel H. Nov 12 '16 at 21:05
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I suppose it could, but there are even fewer aria2 questions on superuser than there are on SO. – Lily Mara Nov 12 '16 at 21:07
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1BTW, use the `--continue[=true]` option to resume downloads. – Shmuel H. Nov 12 '16 at 21:07
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@ShmuelH. That is exactly what I wanted! Thanks! – Lily Mara Nov 12 '16 at 21:08
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Has using `--continue=true` resolved your problem? If yes, I suggest @Shmuel to post it as the answer. – Alexey Ivanov Nov 25 '16 at 19:25
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According to this issue the way to go should be
--auto-file-renaming=false
If a control file (.aria2) exists then the download will resume, otherwise if no control file exists then since --allow-overwrite is false by default the file will not be re-downloaded.
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Try adding --continue=true to your command.
According to the aria2c(1) man-page, -c, --continue[=true|false]:
Continue downloading a partially downloaded file. Use this option to resume a download started by a web browser or another program which downloads files sequentially from the beginning. Currently this option is only applicable to HTTP(S)/FTP downloads.
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Does this have the potential of downloading the whole site all over again? How does it figure out if a download is partial or full? Wouldn't it have to compare with the remote version? – Daniel Kaplan Mar 24 '22 at 23:25