download - Simple downloader

I would like to send an iso image for a friend. Normal IE download doesn't work, she has an instable and slow internet connection.

A dedicated downloader application would be perfect. She starts an .exe, and this app can resume/restart the download.

Saddly, but FTP or torrent is not an alternative.

Answer

If she cannot install anything on the laptop, you could upload the .ISO to some web space, or host it on IIS on your computer (forwarding port 80 from your router).

You then email her wget, which she saves on the desktop. She then has to open a CMD prompt (assuming that is not locked out as well), and types in:

cd %userprofile%\desktop
wget -c http://yourwebspacedomain.com/youriso.iso

Alternatively, you can use cURL in the same way, using an FTP server.

cd %userprofile%\desktop
curl -o youriso.iso ftp://ftp.yourftpserver.com/youriso.iso

to resume:

curl -C - -o youriso.iso ftp://ftp.yourftpserver.com/youriso.iso

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