ProZilla(1)ProZilla(1)NAME
ProZilla - a download accelerator for GNU/Linux
SYNTAXproz [OPTIONS] <URL>
DESCRIPTION
ProZilla is a download program that makes multiple connections and
downloads a file in multiple parts from different servers simultane‐
ously, thus enhancing the download speed and downloading the file
faster than a download with a single connection.
ProZilla is able to do ftp searches for other possible sites that
contain the same file, ping them for connection speeds and automati‐
cally download from the fastest sites.
FTP passwords can be specified with the URL, or can be obtained auto‐
matically from ~/.netrc if it exists.
Options:-r, --resume
Resume an interrupted download
-f, --force
Never prompt the user when overwriting files
-1 Force a single connection only
-n, --no-netrc
Don't use .netrc, get the user/password from the command line,
otherwise use the anonymous login for FTP sessions
--debug
Log debugging info to a file (default is debug.log)
-v,--verbose
Increase the amount of information sent to stdout
--no-curses
Don't use the Curses interface, but the traditional plain text
interface
Directories:-P, --directory-prefix=DIR
save the generated file to DIR/
FTP Options:--use-port
Force usage of PORT insted of PASV (default) for ftp transac‐
tions
Download Options:-s, --ftpsearch
Do a ftpsearch for faster mirrors
--no-search
Do a direct download (no ftpsearch)
-k=n Use <n> connections instead of the default(4)
--timeout=n
Set the timeout for connections to <n> seconds (default 180)
-t, --tries=n
Set number of attempts to n (default(200), 0=unlimited)
--retry-delay=n
Set the time between retrys to <n> seconds (default 15 seconds)
--max-bps=n
Limit bandwith consumed to <n> bps (0=unlimited)
FTP Search Options:
--pt=n Wait 2*n seconds for a server response (default 2*4)
--pao=n
Ping n servers at once(default 5 servers at once)
--max-ftps-servers=n
Request a max of <n> servers from ftpsearch (default 40)
--min-size=n
If a file is smaller than <n>Kb, don't search, just download it
--ftpsid=n
The ftpsearch server to use (0=filesearching.com,
1=ftpsearch.elmundo.es)
Information Options:-L, --license
Display software license
-V, --version
Display version number
EXAMPLESproz <URL>
ProZilla will connect to that server and download the file using
the default settings
proz-1 <URL>
ProZilla will connect and download the file in 1 part only
proz-s <URL>
invokes ftpsearch and will download from the fastest servers
proz-s -k=10 <URL>
invokes ftpsearch and will download from the fastest servers
using 10 connections
GENTOO EXAMPLE
FETCHCOMMAND='/usr/local/bin/proz --no-curses --min-size=500 --no-getch
-s ${URI} -P ${DISTDIR}'
can be placed in /etc/make.conf to use ProZilla to download your
system updates. This example will not do FTP searches for files
< 500Kb, uses the text interface (handier with portage) and
saves the files in your ${DISTDIR} (normally /usr/portage/dist‐
files)
FILES
"/etc/prozilla.conf"
The global config file
"~/.prozrc"
The per-user config file
"~/.netrc"
A file which can be used to provide ProZilla with hosts,
accounts and passwords
BUGS
Please report bugs to our mailinglist via the website
http://prozilla.genesys.ro/
Ralph Slooten Aug 29, 2005 ProZilla(1)
