Download Machine 0.24

Download Machine provides a noninteractive, nongraphical, pure Java batch file downloader.

Download Machine is pure Java daemon that watches queue files for changes. If a new entry is available, DM will download it. Queue files are just URL lists. DM fully supports the HTTP, FSP, and FTP protocols.



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Here are some key features of "Download Machine":

Design goals:
· Non graphical
· Non interactive
· Relieable downloads
· Queued downloads
· Portability (uses Java)
· Simple to use
· Resume interrupted downloads

Transports:
· Support for HTTP/1.1 protocol
· Support for HTTP/1.0 protocol
· Support for FTP protocol
· Support for FSP protocol

Custom headers:
· Fake user-agent header
· Custom referer header, configurable per URL
· Custom cookie header, configurable per URL

Other features:
· Can check in different directories if we already have downloaded file (configurable by wildcard)
· Can move downloaded file to special directory (configurable by wildcard)

Requirements:

· Java SE Development Kit
· SCons

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· The FSP stack has been updated to 1.0rc8.
· A multi-core CPU synchronization bug has been fixed.
· The build system has been changed from SCons to Maven 2.2.
· There is minor codebase cleanup, and this release is packaged as autostartable jar.