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I have to download a 15GB file from my client's system using FileZilla. However the download looks like it will take a very long time, more than one day.

Can I resume the download after restarting my system the next day?

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stackoverflow.com/faq – T.J. Crowder May 19 '11 at 7:53
Have you checked the help file for FileZilla? – Cody Gray May 19 '11 at 7:54
Just referring you to the site FAQ. – T.J. Crowder May 19 '11 at 12:10
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You can.

A file will remain in the transfer queue if you disconnect the client. When you restart your machine, right click on the file to resume and you will be offered the choice of overwrite or resume (and a couple of others). Choose resume and off you go!

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@Leo: Thanks allot for your information. You saved a lot of my work. – vissu pepala May 19 '11 at 10:54
Later I used Fireftp which is a add-on of Firefox. It is more efficient than Filezilla. Now I don't want come back to FileZilla. – vissu pepala Dec 8 '11 at 13:45
I want to add a note that some firewall/routers will muck with the FTP commands and a resume will fail, and it will start back at 0 bytes. I have found that if you can using a FTP connection over ssl (ftps) will stop any firewalls from messing with your transfer. If you are also running the server you can create a self signed SSL certificate and just use ftps://ftp.example.com to connect. – Scott Chamberlain Dec 29 '11 at 17:28
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Definitely you can resume a filezilla download. The file will be saved on the download queue. You can restart the queue on your next login. This won't hamper your file; the queue will carry forward from that location.

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