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Problem while downloading SRA using aspera links

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While downloading fastq.gz files using aspera command in ubuntu, it's showing an error message.

Session Stop  (Error: Server aborted session: No such file or directory)

I checked using other aspera commands for fastq.gz files which I have downloaded 2 weeks ago, same message is shown. I was using the following command for single fastq.gz file-

ascp \
  -QT \
  -l 300m \
  -P33001 \
  -i $HOME/.aspera/connect/etc/asperaweb_id_dsa.openssh \
  era-fasp@fasp.sra.ebi.ac.uk:vol1/fastq/SRR413/SRR413557/SRR413557_1.fastq.gz . && \
mv SRR413557_1.fastq.gz SRR413557_A_Metagenome-Wide_Association_Study_of_gut_microbiota_identifies_markers_associated_with_Type_2_Diabetes_1.fastq.gz

Can anybody say how to solve this? is there any other way to download the files which will take less time since downloading using direct links, sra toolkits, takes much longer times? Is there any other alternative?

sra aspera fastq
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written by chatterjeejayeeta100 • chatterjeejayeeta100

People here cannot see your screen, nor read minds. Please understand that a reproducible question needs code and exact error messages. Paste it here, highlight with markdown (the 10101) button.

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written by ATpoint ATpoint

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This may be related to ongoing issues with ascp at EBI. Someone else had posted an identical error. a couple of days back.

Your SRA accession generates the following direct download URL's using sra-explorer.info.

http://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR413/SRR413557/SRR413557_1.fastq.gz
http://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/SRR413/SRR413557/SRR413557_2.fastq.gz

Download the data using these.

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

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