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$FreeBSD: stable/10/usr.sbin/portsnap/phttpget/phttpget.8 278180 2015-02-04 00:56:55Z delphij $
.Dd January 3, 2015 .Dt PHTTPGET 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm phttpget .Nd retrieve multiple files via pipelined HTTP .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar server .Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is a minimalist pipelined HTTP client, which is used to retrieve multiple .Ar file Ns s from one .Ar server , and saves the downloaded files in the current working directory, using the last portion of their download path as file names.
p By making several "in flight" HTTP requests, it can dramatically increase performance when a large number of small files need to be downloaded.
p The .Xr freebsd-update 8 and .Xr portnap 8 tools use .Nm to download binary patch files. .Sh ENVIRONMENT l -tag -width HTTP_PROXY_AUTH t Ev HTTP_PROXY URL of the proxy to use for HTTP requests. t Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH Authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy. t Ev HTTP_USER_AGENT The User-Agent string to use for HTTP requests. The default is .Dq phttpget/0.1 . t Ev HTTP_TIMEOUT Timeout for HTTP request in seconds. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fetch 1 , .Xr freebsd-update 8 , .Xr portsnap 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm utility was written by .An Colin Percival Aq Mt cperciva@FreeBSD.org for use with .Xr portsnap 8 and later with .Xr freebsd-update 8 . This manual page was written by .An Xin LI Aq Mt delphij@FreeBSD.org .