nget

Pointers

• http://nget.sourceforge.net/

Useful Command Line Options

    # basic usage
    nget -G group -r regexp

    -p /dir = Path to store subsequent retrieves
    -T = test mode - just display matching files
    --timeout int = timeout in seconds
    -i = retrieve items with missing parts
    --tries int = limit number of retries

Searching for groups

    nget -a -T -r regexp

Downloading everything

    # keep track of what has already been downloaded - don't re-download
    nget --text ignore -dfim -g groupname -r .*

Misc commands

    # mark all postings over 1 month old as already seen
    nget --no-autopar -G group -R "age 1mo >" -M
    nget --no-autopar -G group -r 'pattern' -M

    # select header based on a specific date
    nget --no-autopar -G group -R 'date 20051211T071007 ==' -T

    # check files in cache - disable duplicate processing
    nget --no-autopar -G group -r 'pattern' -T -D

Web interfaces

• ngetcgi
  • looks interesting
  • http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngetcgi/
• ngetdaemon
  • http://www.ngetdaemon.org/
  • no downloads?
• ngetw
  • no download?

Corrupt Cache file

• remove .gz files for corrupt groups in ~/.nget/
  • download all headers
• use -g to re-download all headers
  • mark previously downloaded items as complete
• build 'nget -M' script from .nget.complete
  • mark everything older than one month as complete