axel: axel downloader

In RajLabMSSM/downloadR: echoverse module: Single- and multi-threaded downloading functions

axel downloader

Description

R wrapper for axel, which enables multi-threaded download of a single large file.

Usage

axel(
  input_url,
  output_path,
  axel_path = "axel",
  background = FALSE,
  force_overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = TRUE,
  alternate = TRUE,
  check_certificates = FALSE,
  conda_env = "echoR_mini",
  nThread = 1,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

input_url	URL to remote file.
output_path	The file name you want to save the download as.
background	Run in background
force_overwrite	Overwrite existing file.
quiet	Run quietly.
alternate	alternate,
check_certificates	check_certificates
conda_env	Conda environment to use.
nThread	Number of threads to parallelize over.
verbose	Print messages.

Value

Path where the file has been downloaded

See Also

https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/

Other downloaders: aws(), downloader(), wget()

RajLabMSSM/downloadR documentation built on May 12, 2024, 3:22 a.m.