"reget" is confusing

[Morten Hustveit]

Hi!

The -c option is documented in the help output as "continue, reget".
What is the meaning of "reget"? My interpretation is that "get" must
be to "reget" what "start" is to "restart" (or play/replay,
write/rewrite). It seems odd that one option would provide both a
"continue" and a "reget" functionality, since the latter sounds like
it would truncate any existing files and retrieve them from scratch.
If this is not the intended meaning, I suggest changing the wording to

"-c continue transfer. Appends to preexisting local files"

to calm people who are nervous about losing their downloaded data. If
you must use another word than "continue", I suggest "resume", which
appears in dictionaries and has a generally understood meaning. If
you really mean "get this file again", I suggest making a second
option for that behavior.

[Alexander V. Lukyanov]

Post by Morten Hustveit
The -c option is documented in the help output as "continue, reget".

The traditional ftp client has "reget" command that is referred to here.

Post by Morten Hustveit
"-c continue transfer. Appends to preexisting local files"
to calm people who are nervous about losing their downloaded data. If
you must use another word than "continue", I suggest "resume", which
appears in dictionaries and has a generally understood meaning. If

As people start forgetting the traditional ftp, I think it is reasonable to
change the wording.

--
Alexander.