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)