Drupal does not support download resume , meaning that downloading large private files can be troublesome because if for any reason the download fails , there is no way to continue downloading from where it stopped and the whole file should be downloaded again.
NOTICE : This module does not need any patch to work
NOTICE : Please join and contribute if you're interested to have this useful feature in core : #91934: Content-range support for file_transfer()
Features
* Multi Part/Section file download
* Resumable file download
* Download speed limit support
* Automatic client download abort detection
Alternatives
There is also x-send module that does the same but it depends on an Apache module and it doesn't have Drupal 7 version yet and also another xsendfile module that is for Drupal 7
Downloads
Project Information
- Maintenance status: Minimally maintained
- Development status: Maintenance fixes only
- Module categories: File Management, Media
- Reported installs: 168 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Downloads: 552
- Last modified: October 18, 2012
