From 337965f608bebb7b322b1d4f1cbc4b573b1cac85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mxmehl Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:38:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe4cf3c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# splitDL + +*Imagine you want install GNU/Linux but your bandwidth won’t let you...* + +splitDL is a tool to download huge files using slow and unstable internet +connections. It splits the source file into several parts, creates hashsums +from them. The client then can download the file list and the single parts, +check the files for consistency and then puts the content together again. + +Please read my [blog +post](https://blog.mehl.mx/2015/splitdl-downloading-huge-files-from-slow-and-unstable-internet-connections/) +about in which situations the script may save your butt and some more details.