Python script to download alienbob's multilib

zanculmarktum · 07-09-2017, 02:15 AM

Awhile back I was running other people's computer that running Windows, so I had to write Python script to download alienbob's multilib packages.
It uses aria2 as the downloader, because it has a feature to only download the file when it's newer than the local file.
You only need to modify BRANCH and MIRROR.

Here's the code:

Code:

https://ptpb.pw/UV4Q/py

willysr · 07-09-2017, 08:28 AM

why not using rsync?

dugan · 07-09-2017, 12:11 PM

You could have done it with either a single rsync command or a single lftp command. Either one can download directory trees using single commands, and they both have options to download only new or updated files on subsequent runs.

The following has information on how you could have done the aria2 version better. It also links to sample rsync and lftp commands:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/28553355

Your script runs aria2 once for each individual file. That's not optimal at all.