ProZilla for Linux

ProZilla - Linux File Download Accelarator

I was searching on the net and found this software. Great! It's for Linux. So, i have install it on my Linux server. I'm using yum to install it. After the installation is finished, then i try to use this software. See what this download accelerator can do. There are no complex configuration that you need to do. All you need to do, is just enter a few easy command based on the given manual on ProZilla website. I'm using a command line base ProZilla . There are also another ProZilla version that called ProzGUI. This type of ProZilla are using graphical interface. For me, i do prefer use command line as it can improve my skills on mastering the command line. I have tried to remotely (SSH) download the AVG 7.5 from Grisoft (avg75free_446a991.exe) using ProZilla.


ProZilla Usage

1. Open a linux terminal

2. Enter this syntax : proz See the example below

[root@localhost ~]# proz http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg75free_446a991.exe


3. Press Enter and then the file will be downloaded to your machine. The below screen shows
how the download accelarator works.


This below are the ProZilla information on my server

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qi prozilla
Name : prozilla Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 2.0.4 Vendor: Fedora Project
Release : 7.fc5 Build Date: Tue 02 Jan 2007 07:28:32 AM MYT
Install Date: Fri 30 Mar 2007 04:37:15 PM MYT Build Host: hammer2.fedora.redhat.com
Group : Applications/Internet Source RPM: prozilla-2.0.4-7.fc5.src.rpm
Size : 297098 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 04 Jan 2007 04:49:46 PM MYT, Key ID 82ed95041ac70ce6
Packager : Fedora Project
URL : http://prozilla.genesys.ro/
Summary : Advanced Linux download manager
Description :
ProZilla is a download accellerator program written for Linux to speed
up the normal file download process. It often gives speed increases of
around 200% to 300%. It supports both FTP and HTTP protocols, and the
theory behind it is very simple.

The program opens multiple connections to a server, and each of the
connections downloads a part of the file, thus defeating existing
internet congestion prevention methods which slow down a single
connection based download.

ProZilla also supports file download resuming, and ftpsearch for
fastest ping times.