wget inability of downloading certain files

[Andy Green]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> Sometimes, wget is unable to download some files. As an example try to
> download, with wget, some file from

$ wget -Otempfile
"http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?action=download&id=427"
--16:43:25--  http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?action=download&id=427
           => `tempfile'
Resolving slax.linux-live.org... 81.0.235.161
Connecting to slax.linux-live.org|81.0.235.161|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: ftp://ftp.slax.org/SLAX-5-modules/system/Artwiz_en_en_US.mo
[following]
--16:43:25--  ftp://ftp.slax.org/SLAX-5-modules/system/Artwiz_en_en_US.mo
           => `tempfile'
Resolving ftp.slax.org... 81.0.235.161
Connecting to ftp.slax.org|81.0.235.161|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /SLAX-5-modules/system ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR Artwiz_en_en_US.mo ... done.
Length: 106,496 (104K) (unauthoritative)

100%[============================================================================================================================>]
106,496      194.85K/s

16:43:29 (194.42 KB/s) - `tempfile' saved [106496]

$

Works fine.  Seems you have something between wget and the Internet that
disrupts passive ftp.  Time for a google.

-Andy
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