diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc index 9c8a6a1f..919076bd 100644 --- a/README.asciidoc +++ b/README.asciidoc @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Here is a list of features: * Segmented downloading * Metalink version 4 (RFC5854) support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent) * Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent) +* Metalink/HTTP (RFC6249) support * HTTP/1.1 implementation * HTTP Proxy support * HTTP BASIC authentication support @@ -278,6 +279,16 @@ read from local disk, aria2 uses the value of --metalink-base-uri option as base URI. If this option is not specified, the relative URI will be ignored. +Metalink/HTTP +------------- + +The current implementation only uses rel=duplicate links only. aria2 +understands Digest header fields and check whether it matches the +digest value from other sources. If it differs, drop connection. +aria2 also uses this digest value to perform checksum verification +after download finished. aria2 recognizes geo value. To tell aria2 +which location you prefer, you can use --metalink-location option. + netrc ----- netrc support is enabled by default for HTTP(S)/FTP. To disable netrc