<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>jigdo-lite</TITLE><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"></HEAD> <BODY CLASS="REFENTRY" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF"> <H1><A NAME="AEN1"></A>jigdo-lite</H1> <DIV><A NAME="AEN14"></A> <H2>Name</H2>jigdo-lite -- Download jigdo files using wget</DIV> <DIV><A NAME="AEN17"></A> <H2>Synopsis</H2> <P><B>jigdo-lite</B> [URL]</P></DIV> <DIV><A NAME="DESCRIPTION"></A> <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> <P>See <SPAN><SPAN>jigdo-file</SPAN>(1)</SPAN> for an introduction to Jigsaw Download.</P> <P>Given the URL of a `<TT>.jigdo</TT>' file, <B>jigdo-lite</B> downloads the large file (e.g. a CD image) that has been made available through that URL. <SPAN><SPAN>wget</SPAN>(1)</SPAN> is used to download the necessary pieces of administrative data (contained in the `<TT >.jigdo</TT>' file and a corresponding `<TT>.template</TT>' file) as well as the many pieces that the large file is made from. The <SPAN ><SPAN>jigdo-file</SPAN>(1)</SPAN> utility is used to reconstruct the large file from the pieces.</P> <P>`<TT>.jigdo</TT>' files that contain references to Debian mirrors are treated specially: When such a file is recognized, you are asked to select one mirror out of a list of all Debian mirrors.</P> <P>If <CODE>URL</CODE> is not given on the command line, the script prompts for a location to download the `<TT>.jigdo</TT>' file from. The following command line options are recognized:</P> <P></P> <DIV> <DL> <DT><CODE>-h</CODE> <CODE>--help</CODE></DT> <DD> <P>Output short summary of command syntax.</P></DD> <DT><CODE>-v</CODE> <CODE>--version</CODE></DT> <DD> <P>Output version number.</P></DD> <DT><CODE>--scan</CODE> <TT><I>FILES</I></TT></DT> <DD> <P>Do not ask for "Files to scan", use this path.</P></DD> <DT><CODE>--noask</CODE></DT> <DD> <P>Do not ask any questions, instead behave as if the user had pressed Return at all prompts. This can be useful when running <B >jigdo-lite</B> from cron jobs or in other non-interactive environments.</P></DD></DL></DIV></DIV> <DIV><A NAME="SEEALSO"></A> <H2>SEE ALSO</H2> <P> <SPAN><SPAN>jigdo-file</SPAN>(1)</SPAN>, <SPAN><SPAN >jigdo-mirror</SPAN>(1)</SPAN>, <SPAN><SPAN>wget</SPAN>(1)</SPAN> (or `<B>info wget</B>') </P> <P>CD images for Debian Linux can be <A HREF="http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/" TARGET="_top">downloaded with jigdo</A>.</P></DIV> <DIV><A NAME="AUTHOR"></A> <H2>AUTHOR</H2> <P><A HREF="http://atterer.net/jigdo/" TARGET="_top">Jigsaw Download</A > was written by Richard Atterer <CODE><<A HREF="mailto:jigdo atterer.net">jigdo atterer.net</A>></CODE>, to make downloading of CD ROM images for the Debian Linux distribution more convenient.</P ></DIV> </BODY> </HTML>