cURL wont download for me?

OS X 10.8.3, from a terminal I am executing:

$ curl -OCv http://<URL>/<file>.dmg

I get (for 2 seconds)

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                             Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   222  100   222    0     0  46707      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  108k

Then it does nothing. Back to a prompt.

I know the URL is right. It my own domain, public website. I know the file.dmg is right as well, I put it there a few mins ago to test.

I see 222K file on my desktop to, but obviously this is because it failed.

a 3.7gb DMG if that is helpful.

EDIT: I also tried $ curl -OCvi same thing occurs.

Jason

Posted 2013-04-25T15:34:59.853

Reputation: 253

What is the actual content of the file on your desktop (open it in your webbrowser)? That 222-byte file looks a lot like an HTTP error reply page. – Darth Android – 2013-04-25T15:45:44.667

What does curl -v http://<URL>/<file>.dmg >/dev/null say? – artistoex – 2013-04-25T15:45:52.007

Alternatively, what does this file contain? Can you cat it and see anything? – slhck – 2013-04-25T21:32:07.283

What exit code do you get? (echo $? after the curl command) – None – 2013-04-26T12:33:35.223

Perhaps you have some sort of redirect... try -L flag. – None – 2013-04-26T12:36:57.287

cURL wont download for me?

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