nget nget - Free and open source command line nntp file grabber
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nget - Free and open source command line nntp file grabber nget is a command line nntp file grabber. It automatically pieces together multipart postings for retrieval, substituting parts from multiple servers and newsgroups. nget will handle disconnects gracefully, automatically resuming after the last part succesfully downloaded.nget is written in C++, and should run on any POSIX OS with a decent c++ compiler, it also compiles natively for windows with mingw32. It has been tested on Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, cygwin32, and mingw32.Here are some key features of "nget":· Automatic multi-part post joining· Automatic binary decoding (using uulib)· Caches header data for quick access· Full multi-server support, transparently joining parts from different servers· Full multi-group support, transparently joining parts from multiple newsgroups· Automatic retries on network errors· Resumes after the last part successfully downloaded· Dupe file detection to avoid unneeded downloads· Select what to retrieve based upon a regular expresson (-r), or even a more complex expression (-R) based upon any of the file's subject, author, lines, bytes, # of parts we have, # of parts req, date, age, messageid, and references.· Search for newsgroups based on their names and/or descriptions· Automatic handling of PAR and PAR2 files retrieves only as many recovery files as necessary to repair any missing/damaged files.NOTE: If you do not want to build nget from the sources you can use MacPorts to easily install it via the command-line by entering the following command in a Terminal window: "sudo port install nget".

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