Chapter 16. Transferring Data from the Internet

Chapter 16. Transferring Data from the Internet¶

Contents

16.1. Adding Transfers to the List
16.2. Adding Transfers from a File
16.3. Timer-Controlled Transfers

KGet is the download manager for KDE. It manages your transfers in a window. You can stop, resume, delete, queue, and add transfers. Start KGet from the main menu or by pressing Alt+F2 then entering kget.

When KGet is started for the first time, you can choose to have it integrated with Konqueror. If you integrate KGet with Konqueror, KGet is added to the system tray as an icon with a downward arrow. Click this arrow to view KGet transfers.

Figure 16.1. KGet¶

16.1. Adding Transfers to the List¶

To add a transfer, click File+Paste. Specify a URL then click OK. Finally, select where to save the downloaded file. The entry for the transfer is added to the main window of KGet and the download starts. Another way to add a transfer is to simply drag a file (for example, from an FTP server) from Konqueror and drop it in the main KGet window.

	Using the Drop Target
To occasionally add transfers to the list while not leaving the KGet window on the desktop all the time, select Settings+Show Drop Target and minimize the KGet window. Now you can drag and drop transfers to the blue arrow displayed instead.

Modify the preferences for your downloads by clicking Settings+Configure KGet.

16.2. Adding Transfers from a File¶

If you want to download several files from a number of different locations, you can collect the download links in a text file to be imported in KGet. This is very convenient because you do not have to add each URL separately to the transfer list. KGet can parse the URLs in the text file, provided they start at the left margin of the file. Select File+Import Text File... to use this feature. For each URL, you need to specify a location where to save the downloaded file. After this, KGet starts the download.

16.3. Timer-Controlled Transfers¶

You can configure KGet to perform transfers at a specific time.

Start KGet.
Click Options+Offline Mode. All transfers inserted from this point are not started immediately but are queued.
To start the clock, double-click the entry then click Advanced.
Enter the day, month, year, and time to start the transfer, click the Timer icon, then close the dialog.
After making the desired settings for all your transfers, click Options+Offline Mode to set KGet back in online mode.
The transfers should start at the specified times.

	Export Transfer Lists
If you have added a number of downloads to the file transfer list and need this list for another computer, select Options+Offline mode. Select the list entries you want to export and choose File+Export Transfer List. KGet saves the entries to a `*.kgt` file which you can then import from another computer.