On 07/14/2010 07:49 PM, David wrote: > > urlretrieve works fine. However, when file size get very large. It > goes on forever, and even fails. > > For instance, one of download .zip file is of 363,096KB. > > Particularly, when trying to get, with urlretrieve, a zipped folder of > a very large size, it could take up to 20 to 30 minutes. Often it > fails, never any problem with smaller folders. Any solution for this?
Does this only occur with urllib, or is this the case for other software, like a web browser, or a downloader like wget? The more you try to copy, the longer it takes. The longer it takes, the more probable a problem affecting a file becomes. 20 to 30 minutes might well, depending on the network speed, be a readonable timeframe for 360M. And what does "often" mean here? In other words: Are you sure urlretrieve is to blame for your problems, why are you sure, and have you tried using urllib2 or the other urllib functions? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
