News

Released 0.5. This is a feature release. I've implemented some really cool stuff like event driven dynamic config. I've held off implementing the plugin architechture in this release since I've done it much better in the new direction I'm taking the program. It also seems silly to start building plugins that won't be compatible with the next release. If you get errors after upgrading from a previous version, remove the line that begins with "cuddlehome=" from ~/.cuddle/default. After that it should just work, however the cause of the problem should be fixed now anyway, so it shouldn't be relevant anymore.

Released 0.3. This is a major feature release. A lot of ground work has been done for the comming versions. Now the ground work is there, I want to make the new features more accessible. [They were tucked away]

Released 0.21. This is a code tidy-up release.

Released 0.2. This is a tidy-up release.

What

What is it?

A basic thread-safe command-line download manager written in bash. It can accept new URLs via command-line, semi-interactive interface or via pipe. Cuddle allows speed limits to easily and individually be set per thread.

What changed?

0.5 - A feature release:

Inheritable dynamic config using regex. Will allow different config based on things like which server is being connected to, or what extention the download has.

Event driven config (extention of above)

Documentation with examples for Dynamic config

Download access control

Bug fix: Dependancy on $HOME removed (fixes FC6).

0.3 - A major feature release:

Better directory structure

Automated port of old content and settings

Allow customisation on install

Better install process

Separating the config from the executable

Dynamic config per download

Colour!

0.21 - A code tidy-up release:

There's no functional advantage to upgrading from 0.2. It's only worthwhile upgrading to this release if you want to do something with the code.

General code tidy-ups. Moved stuff that "really wasn't in the right place".

0.2 - A functional tidy-up release:

"Opps" help was confusing. Have added colour to aid in knowning how you got there so you can better nagivate to more detailed areas of the help.

Introduction of documentation now states where downloads are saved.

Switched the position of the introduction and help index to improve readability.

0.1 - First release:

Implemented primary goals.

Download location is ~/files/downloads/manager/dest . If in doubt, take a look at the begining of the source.

What's comming soon?

Long break while I begin the next project.

1.0 - Cuddle becomes a plugin for the next project.

A much more maintainable and scaleable help system. In progress

Plugin architecture. In progress

Download monitor plug in. Take control when a download stops.

Much much more... to be announced nearer the time.

1.1 - Something very cool will happen in this release! (I haven't seen this feature in any other program!)

Why

Why I decided to do this

I didn't like the mainstream download managers, so I wrote this one.

It had the following goals/it is:

thread safe

can accept URLs from a pipe

can accept URLs from console and commandline

by default, be friendly to other people on the same connection (speed limit)

a simple and durable download list that can be modified while live

How

How to use it

All documentation is provided with the program. It may be accessed by typing:

cuddle help

From there you'll get instructions on getting more help. Some people have been quite interested in how this bit works. If you want to check it out, take a look at the source code. Particularly at function getImbedded() which as of writing this, is at line 132.

How it works

It uses wget to do the actual downloading, while cuddle manages those downloads. Cuddle relies on the following programs:

wget for download abilities

fold for making lots of text fit on screen nicely (particularly documentation)

resize to detect the console size to aid fold

Cuddle is written entirely in bash as a single file. Multiple download instances may be started to have simultaneous downloads going. Note that these are separate downloads, not multipart downloads.

Who

Who am I?

I'm Kevin Sandom. More info available soon. Picture below ;)

Who are you?

Someone who wants/needs to work with downloads through the command line. I have no intention of writing a graphical interface for Cuddle, but that doesn't have to stop you :). I would appreciate knowing about it though, so I can link to it here.

Where

Where can you get it?

Cuddle project page
Download Cuddle

Many thanks to Source forge for their excellent services:

Thanks
- Kevin :)