Re: Re: fetching ftp site info

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Re: Re: Re: fetching ftp site info by punkish (Priest) on Jan 27, 2004 at 15:04 UTC
I believe the reason is such -- Because you will get the html source code only when you use an html client to view an ftp site. FTP by itself is doing what it is supposed to do... give you a listing. You are using a screwdriver to hammer a nail, and then getting surprised that it is going straight in instead of turning. In your code try using http:// protocol instead of ftp and you should get the html source code.	[reply]
Re:**3: fetching ftp site info by flounder99 (Friar) on Jan 27, 2004 at 16:53 UTC
The html source is created by your client. You can do a couple of things (not involving perl) like: `$ wget -O temp.html 'ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/a +ntivirus_definitions/norton_antivirus_corp/'` [download] or `$ lynx -source 'ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivi +rus_definitions/norton_antivirus_corp/'>temp.html` [download] and they will create the html source for you. I tried using `lwp-request` but it just gave me the unix listing. -- flounder	[reply] [d/l] [select]