A command to download a list of files, to a folder.
In R6.121 or greater.
if you have a list of urls in a txt file , you can download it with this command.
The *.txt file should contain a list of URL's to download.
Each url should be on a new line.
When you run this command, it will ask you to choose a *.txt file containing a list of urls.
it searches in the same folder as the txt file, to see if the files exist, so you do not get double downloads.
It searches the list and removes duplicates.
Any files that do no already exist, will be downloaded to the same folder as the txt file is located at.
Be sure that the folder is writable, and that you have space on disc.
Max 256 files can be downloaded per session.
Speed depends on the server delivering the files you want to download, and your own local internet connection speed.
Once completed a txt file called "mergeInputFiles.txt" is written to the same folder. This contains the names of all the files and can be used as the options file in gdal_merge..