code/dl_retry.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Resilient HF download with retries and low concurrency
set -u
cd /mnt/local-fast/zhangt
LOG=/mnt/local-fast/zhangt/hf_download.log
MAX_ATTEMPTS=200
attempt=0
while true; do
  attempt=$((attempt+1))
  echo "===== attempt $attempt $(date -Is) =====" >> "$LOG"
  HF_HOME=/mnt/local-fast/zhangt/.cache/huggingface \
  hf download ActivityForensics/ActivityForensics \
      --repo-type dataset \
      --include 'video/*' \
      --cache-dir /mnt/local-fast/zhangt/.cache/huggingface/hub \
      --max-workers 4 >> "$LOG" 2>&1
  rc=$?
  echo "===== attempt $attempt exit=$rc $(date -Is) =====" >> "$LOG"
  if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "DOWNLOAD OK" >> "$LOG"
    exit 0
  fi
  if [ $attempt -ge $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; then
    echo "GIVE UP after $attempt attempts" >> "$LOG"
    exit 1
  fi
  # exponential backoff capped at 5 min
  sleep_s=$(( attempt*30 < 300 ? attempt*30 : 300 ))
  echo "sleeping ${sleep_s}s before retry" >> "$LOG"
  sleep "$sleep_s"
done