LWP::Simple does not do that unless you tell it too...

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use LWP::Simple;

my $res_code = getstore('http://www.perlmonks.org/','index.html');

die "Download failed! Response code is $res_code.\n" if $res_code != 2
+00;

# continue processing here
[download]

Matthew Musgrove
Who says that programmers can work in the Marketing Department?
Or is that who say that Marketing people can't program?