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holzschu / a-shell

A terminal for iOS, with multiple windows
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Jigdo (Jigsaw Downloader) #683

Open Alexander1990dec opened 1 year ago

Alexander1990dec commented 1 year ago

Is a-shell includes Jigdo (jigsaw downloader based on wget)? If not please, add it.

https://www.einval.com/~steve/software/jigdo/

To start it after its install, use the command: jigdo-lite

Why is this downloader if you have also many applications to download huge files?

The principal benefit of jigdo is updating the huge ISO files without downloading the whole ISO file. It does not mean that jigdo can run contents of the ISO file (OS installer, video collection or others). It is only downloader\updater.

holzschu commented 1 year ago

We cannot have wget (because it is covered by the GPL, and the FSF position is that the GPL is incompatible with AppStore distribution), so jigdo is probably impossible too.

The best way to download files inside a-Shell is curl.

Alexander1990dec commented 1 year ago

OK. Maybe, it is better if Apple starts to make something like jigdo from zero (Suggest name of JigMac).

To get minor update for ISO Linux Debian installer, you do not need to download the whole ISO files.

What about minor update of IMG files of MacOS Installer (not necessary ISO files in JigMac)?

Think also about the huge Xcode Installer.

Thanks for your fast reply.