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The Octopus Daemon (octod) is a network controlled download manager supporting HTTP and FTP transfers.

Version 0.3 of The Octopus Daemon is mainly a bug fixing and code cleaning release. Nonetheless, a few new features have found their way into the source. This includes command line configuration support using startup parameters and more verbose (but optional) debugging information.

Due to internal changes, the code is much more readable and easier to understand. Additionally, efficiency problems have been faced, so some critical regions are faster now. Have a look at the release notes [1] for additional information. ... read more

The Octopus Daemon (octod) is a network controlled download manager supporting HTTP and FTP transfers.

Version 0.2 of The Octopus Daemon finally supports all the commands defined in the network protocol [1]. In other words: the VERSION, UPDATE and RESTART commands have been implemented.
Furthermore, the networking stack has been improved, so the daemon is now able to serve multiple clients at the same time. Have a look at the release notes [2] for additional information.... read more

The network protocol used by The Octopus Daemon now finally is in the more-or-less stable version 1. It can be found at [1].

[1] http://diozaka.org/octod/PROTOCOL

The Octopus Daemon (octod) is a network controlled download manager supporting HTTP and FTP transfers.

octod 0.1 understands most of the commands from the network protocol[1]. Users can monitor their downloads with the LIST, INFO and STATUS commands and have total control with ADD, PAUSE, RESUME and DEL.
The daemon is able to perform a user defined amount of transfers simultaneously.

More information about this release can be found in the release notes[2]. To download the daemon, visit the project's file section[3].... read more

Hi, folks!

The CVS is online, the first lines of code available -- open development can start!

octod is a "download manager daemon", i.e. a daemon which listens at the network interface for incoming download jobs and performs them simultaneously) in the background.
Currently, it supports the ADD, DEL, PAUSE, RESUME, ABORT and INFO commands. As soon as the network protocol (http://diozaka.org/octod/PROTOCOL) is implemented completely, I will release the first version of the package.... read more