[arch-general] aria2c left a mess on system

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On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 08:57:48AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I've now cleared it off, but what had happened was a download of an iso 
> with a torrent file and afterwards the iso had a unique inode it couldn't 
> be checked with md5sum because md5sum claimed it didn't exist.  I didn't 
> even try it with the asc file since md5sum didn't work.  Also the file 
> command couldn't find the iso file either.  This was the case for both 
> root and a user doing the checks and the file permissions were set to 640 
> for both the root and user accounts yet neither could check the file.  
> I've had situations with aria2c where it has crashed and died with 
> exceptions on this machine in the past too.  After all of that 
> aggravation, I cleared the whole mess off my system and am about to deep 
> six aria2c for good measure.  The original bittorrent is no better and in 
> many ways worse so if I do anything with that type of download again I'll 
> either have to find me a 3rd linux alternative that can run from the 
> command line or just use free download manager on windows to get it done.

You can try rtorrent, transmission, deluge, etc they are quite good.

Also, if you are having problems with aria2 then report them to the
developer. He is quick to fix them.

ps: Please try to make use of paragraphs, it'll make your post more
clear.

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