Net::FTP resume download

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks

I am trying to write an FTP downloader that can resume the download after 20 seconds (or so) of inactivity. I have got Net::FTP installed and downloading, just not resuming after a stalled download.
I haven't a clue how to implement this. Google didn't help much, this seems like a common enough task though that it should have... can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks a bunch!

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Re: Net::FTP resume download by Xaositect (Friar) on May 04, 2006 at 15:42 UTC
If you're just looking for a way to resume a failed transfer, and you know how many bytes you got before it failed, the "get" method supports an offset. `$ftp->get("that.file", "this.file", $bytes_already_downloaded);` [download] You could also try Net::FTP::AutoReconnect, which appears to do something similar to what you want. Xaositect - Whitepages.com	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Net::FTP resume download by jdtoronto (Prior) on May 04, 2006 at 16:48 UTC
Net::FTP::AutoReconnect is nice for hiding some of the intricacies of the FTP session, and it will handle reconnecting and re-establuishment of the environment, but it does not implement a 'resume interupted download' facility. That you will need to write for yourself! jdtoronto	[reply]