On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Dave wrote:

> curl.exe --url http://wamu.ic.llnwd.net/stream/wamu_wamu -o
> "d:\News\NewsShow.mp3 --max-filesize 12500000 -A 'WinampMPEG/5.0' --retry 32
> --retry-max-time 10
>
> It works fairly well but the max-filesize option does not work. From reading
> the manual it looks like it is checking for a file size before it begins
> downloading.

Yes, the purpose of that option is to not download a single byte if the remote
file is bigger than the given limit.

> Since this is a stream, and there is no file size, it just keeps downloading
> and never stops. Is there a way to get it to just download the file until
> the file reaches max-filesize and then have it quit?
>
> I read through the manual didnt find it. But maybe the manual is not totally
> up to date so I thought I would ask.

I figure you should get a range, like:

         curl --range 0-12500000 [URL]

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