NAME

       git-annex-addurl - add urls to annex

SYNOPSIS

       git annex addurl [url ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Downloads each url to its own file, which is added to the annex.

       When  quvi  is installed, urls are automatically tested to see if they point to a video hosting site, and
       the video is downloaded instead.

       Urls to torrent files (including magnet links) will cause the content of the torrent  to  be  downloaded,
       using aria2c.

       Normally  the  filename is based on the full url, so will look like "www.example.com_dir_subdir_bigfile".
       In some cases, addurl is able to come up with a better filename based on other information.  Options  can
       also be used to get better filenames.

OPTIONS

       --fast

              Avoid  immediately  downloading  the  url.  The  url is still checked (via HEAD) to verify that it
              exists, and to get its size if possible.

       --relaxed
              Avoid storing the size of the url's content, and accept whatever content  is  there  at  a  future
              point. (Implies --fast.)

       --raw  Prevent  special  handling  of  urls by quvi, bittorrent, and other special remotes. This will for
              example, make addurl download the .torrent file and not the contents it points to.

       --file=name
              Use with a filename that does not yet exist to add a new file with  the  specified  name  and  the
              content downloaded from the url.

              If  the  file  already  exists,  addurl  will  record that it can be downloaded from the specified
              url(s).

       --pathdepth=N
              Rather than basing the filename on the whole url, this causes a path to be  constructed,  starting
              at the specified depth within the path of the url.

              For  example, adding the url http://www.example.com/dir/subdir/bigfile with --pathdepth=1 will use
              "dir/subdir/bigfile", while --pathdepth=3 will use "bigfile".

              It can also be negative; --pathdepth=-2 will use the last two parts of the url.

       --prefix=foo --suffix=bar
              Use to adjust the filenames that are created by addurl. For example, --suffix=.mp3 can be used  to
              add an extension to the file.

       --jobs=N -JN
              Enables parallel downloads when multiple urls are being added.  For example: -J4

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-rmurl(1)

       git-annex-registerurl(1)

       git-annex-importfeed(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

                                                                                             git-annex-addurl(1)