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authorTatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>2017-05-08 22:59:29 +0900
committerTatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>2017-05-08 22:59:29 +0900
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Clarify --max-concurrent-downloads option
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@@ -57,6 +57,25 @@ Basic Options
See also the :option:`--split <-s>` option.
Default: ``5``
+ .. note::
+
+ :option:`--max-concurrent-downloads` limits the number of items
+ which are downloaded concurrently. :option:`--split <-s>` and
+ :option:`--min-split-size <-k>` affect the number of connections
+ inside each item. Imagine that you have an input file (see
+ :option:`--input-file <-i>` option) like this:
+
+ .. code-block:: text
+
+ http://example.com/foo
+ http://example.com/bar
+
+ Here is 2 download items. aria2 can download these items
+ concurrently if the value more than or equal 2 is given to
+ :option:`--max-concurrent-downloads`. In each download item, you
+ can configure the number of connections using :option:`--split
+ <-s>` and/or :option:`--min-split-size <-k>`, etc.
+
.. option:: -V, --check-integrity[=true|false]
Check file integrity by validating piece hashes or a hash of entire