MEGALS

Section: Megatools Manual (1)
Updated: 07/04/2016
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NAME

megadl - download exported files and directories from Mega.nz  

SYNOPSIS

megadl [--no-progress] [--path <path>] <links>...
megadl --path - <filelink>
 

DESCRIPTION

Downloads exported files and folders from Mega.nz. Handles links like:

https://mega.nz/#!7YVWhCzZ!bauBlAkKKvv8hIm-8-qFmGOYS289ToQWN7rGFPzXB_w

https://mega.nz/#F!HIlFDajT!HLiVvQQkSe1d0ogxZuaOJg

When downloading individual files, these are placed into <path>. When downloading folders, the contents of the folder are placed into directory specified by <path>.

To export files, you can use Mega.nz web application, or megals(1)'s --export option.  

OPTIONS

--path <path>

Local directory to download to. Defaults to the current working directory.

If <path> is -, remote file will be streamed to stdout.

--no-progress

Disable download progress reporting. This is implied when streaming.

--print-names

Print names/paths of successfully downloaded files (one per line).

--debug [<options>]

Enable debugging of various aspects of the megatools operation. You may enable multiple debugging options separated by commas. (eg. --debug api,fs)

Available options are:

• api: Dump Mega.nz API calls

• fs: Dump Mega.nz filesystem (may require --reload to actually print something)

• cache: Dump cache contents

--version

Show version information

<links>

File and folder links to download from.

<filelink>

Link to exported file to stream.
 

EXAMPLES

• Download exported file:

$ megadl 'https://mega.nz/#!7YVWhCzZ!bauBlAkKKvv8hIm-8-qFmGOYS289ToQWN7rGFPzXB_w'

• Download exported folder:

$ megadl 'https://mega.nz/#F!HIlFDajT!HLiVvQQkSe1d0ogxZuaOJg'
 

REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Mega.nz filesystem is represented as a tree of nodes of various types. Nodes are identified by a 8 character node handles (eg. 7Fdi3ZjC). Structure of the filesystem is not encrypted.

Megatools maps node tree structure to a traditional filesystem paths (eg. /Root/SomeFile.DAT).

NOTE: By the nature of Mega.nz storage, several files in the directory can have the same name. To allow access to such files, the names of conflicting files are extended by appending dot and their node handle like this:

/Root/conflictingfile
/Root/conflictingfile.7Fdi3ZjC
/Root/conflictingfile.mEU23aSD

You need to be aware of several special folders:

/Root

Writable directory representing the root of the filesystem.

/Trash

Trash directory where Mega.nz web client moves deleted files. This directory is not used by megatools when removing files.

/Inbox

Not sure.

/Contacts

Directory containing subdirectories representing your contacts list. If you want to add contacts to the list, simply create subdirectory named after the contact you want to add.

/Contacts/<email>

Directories representing individual contacts in your contacts list. These directories contain folders that others shared with you. All shared files are read-only, at the moment.
 

SEE ALSO

megatools(7), megarc(5), megadf(1), megadl(1), megaget(1), megals(1), megamkdir(1), megaput(1), megareg(1), megarm(1), megacopy(1), megafs(1).  

MEGATOOLS

Part of the megatools(7) suite.  

BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/megous/megatools or megous@megous.com.  

AUTHOR

Megatools was written by Ondrej Jirman <megous@megous.com>, 2013-2016.

Official website is http://megatools.megous.com.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
REMOTE FILESYSTEM
SEE ALSO
MEGATOOLS
BUGS
AUTHOR

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