From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 10 22:14:40 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA02871 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:14:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA02863 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:14:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by agora.rdrop.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0tP1VU-000AmcC; Sun, 10 Dec 95 22:14 PST Message-Id: From: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) Subject: Re: non-interactive http To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:14:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <199512110144.RAA10908@freefall.freebsd.org> from "owner-hackers-digest@freefall.freebsd.org" at Dec 10, 95 05:44:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Subject: Does anybody knows a way to get file via HTTP non-interactively? lynx -source url > file The "echo | socket" method will give you a file with mime headers and things that you'll have to clean up; this gives you a clean file. "www" (the CERN line mode browser) will do it with less overhead, but you're more likely to have lynx around already. -- Alan Batie ______ batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / Freedom for me to be and do +1 503 452-0960 \ / only what *you* approve of 45 28 59 N / 122 43 20 W / 440' MSL \/ is no freedom at all. It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation.