def get_file(self, key, fp, headers, cb=None, num_cb=10, torrent=False,
                 version_id=None):
        """
        Retrieves a file from a Key
        :type key: :class:`boto.s3.key.Key` or subclass
        :param key: The Key object from which upload is to be downloaded
        
        :type fp: file
        :param fp: File pointer into which data should be downloaded
        
        :type headers: string
        :param: headers to send when retrieving the files
        
        :type cb: function
        :param cb: (optional) a callback function that will be called to report
             progress on the download.  The callback should accept two integer
             parameters, the first representing the number of bytes that have
             been successfully transmitted from the storage service and
             the second representing the total number of bytes that need
             to be transmitted.
        
        :type num_cb: int
        :param num_cb: (optional) If a callback is specified with the cb
             parameter this parameter determines the granularity of the callback
             by defining the maximum number of times the callback will be
             called during the file transfer.
             
        :type torrent: bool
        :param torrent: Flag for whether to get a torrent for the file

        :type version_id: string
        :param version_id: The version ID (optional)

        Raises ResumableDownloadException if a problem occurs during
            the transfer.
        """

        debug = key.bucket.connection.debug
        if not headers:
            headers = {}

        # Use num-retries from constructor if one was provided; else check
        # for a value specified in the boto config file; else default to 5.
        if self.num_retries is None:
            self.num_retries = config.getint('Boto', 'num_retries', 5)
        progress_less_iterations = 0

        while True:  # Retry as long as we're making progress.
            had_file_bytes_before_attempt = get_cur_file_size(fp)
            try:
                self._attempt_resumable_download(key, fp, headers, cb, num_cb,
                                                 torrent, version_id)
                # Download succceded, so remove the tracker file (if have one).
                self._remove_tracker_file()
                # Previously, check_final_md5() was called here to validate 
                # downloaded file's checksum, however, to be consistent with
                # non-resumable downloads, this call was removed. Checksum
                # validation of file contents should be done by the caller.
                if debug >= 1:
                    print 'Resumable download complete.'
                return
            except self.RETRYABLE_EXCEPTIONS, e:
                if debug >= 1:
                    print('Caught exception (%s)' % e.__repr__())
                if isinstance(e, IOError) and e.errno == errno.EPIPE:
                    # Broken pipe error causes httplib to immediately
                    # close the socket (http://bugs.python.org/issue5542),
                    # so we need to close and reopen the key before resuming
                    # the download.
                    key.get_file(fp, headers, cb, num_cb, torrent, version_id,
                                 override_num_retries=0)
            except ResumableDownloadException, e:
                if (e.disposition ==
                    ResumableTransferDisposition.ABORT_CUR_PROCESS):
                    if debug >= 1:
                        print('Caught non-retryable ResumableDownloadException '
                              '(%s)' % e.message)
                    raise
                elif (e.disposition ==
                    ResumableTransferDisposition.ABORT):
                    if debug >= 1:
                        print('Caught non-retryable ResumableDownloadException '
                              '(%s); aborting and removing tracker file' %
                              e.message)
                    self._remove_tracker_file()
                    raise
                else:
                    if debug >= 1:
                        print('Caught ResumableDownloadException (%s) - will '
                              'retry' % e.message)

            # At this point we had a re-tryable failure; see if made progress.
            if get_cur_file_size(fp) > had_file_bytes_before_attempt:
                progress_less_iterations = 0
            else:
                progress_less_iterations += 1

            if progress_less_iterations > self.num_retries:
                # Don't retry any longer in the current process.
                raise ResumableDownloadException(
                    'Too many resumable download attempts failed without '
                    'progress. You might try this download again later',
                    ResumableTransferDisposition.ABORT_CUR_PROCESS)

            # Close the key, in case a previous download died partway
            # through and left data in the underlying key HTTP buffer.
            # Do this within a try/except block in case the connection is
            # closed (since key.close() attempts to do a final read, in which
            # case this read attempt would get an IncompleteRead exception,
            # which we can safely ignore.
            try:
                key.close()
            except httplib.IncompleteRead:
                pass

            sleep_time_secs = 2**progress_less_iterations
            if debug >= 1:
                print('Got retryable failure (%d progress-less in a row).\n'
                      'Sleeping %d seconds before re-trying' %
                      (progress_less_iterations, sleep_time_secs))
            time.sleep(sleep_time_secs)