downloading long files

[Michele Simionato]

garabik-news-2002-02 at kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk (Radovan Garabik) wrote in message news:<brmds0$4qqjm$1 at ID-89407.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Michele Simionato <michele.simionato at poste.it> wrote:
> > I have a connection which is not 100% rock solid, so if I try
> > to download a large file (i.e. a Linux ISO image) chances are
> > that the connection will break. Is there a way to check periodically
> > if the connection is open, reopen it if needed, and continue the
> > download without restarting from the beginning?
> 
> yes, use wget http://www.gnu.org/directory/wget.html
> or are you looking for a pure python solution?

A pure Python solution would be preferable, indeed.

   Michele