wget in Perl ?

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Re: wget in Perl ? by davorg (Chancellor) on Jan 26, 2006 at 16:30 UTC
Does it need to be `wget`? Or can you get by with the `GET` program that is installed as part of LWP? -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
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Re: wget in Perl ? by EvanK (Chaplain) on Jan 26, 2006 at 16:27 UTC
it would be fairly simple to write something like this with sockets, unless you're working with HUGE files. you could even URL-escape the entire file and use LWP::UserAgent to transfer them via http (i have seen it done before, though i certainly wouldnt recommend it in most cases). __________ Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. - Terry Pratchett	[reply]
Re: wget in Perl ? by glasswalk3r (Friar) on Jan 26, 2006 at 17:47 UTC
You should check if PAR cannot help you getting the lwp-download (installed with the LWP distribuition) with a package and deploy it to the AIX. But probably your limited access to the AIX box won't let you do it. The Advanced Perl Programming book probably has a example or two using Sockets and IO::Sockets modules that you may use. You can try the Safary to have access to it. But you need to cross your fingers, because AIX is not particular updated when the subject is Perl and it's modules. Maybe downloading what you need in another box and having access to the file thru NFS is a better solution for you, after all. Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior --------------------------------- "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Sir Winston Churchill	[reply]
Re: wget in Perl ? by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Jan 26, 2006 at 18:32 UTC
If you need WGET for the AIX box, does that mean that the AIX box can see the network? And, if you have Perl, do you have CPAN.pm, which can fetch and install modules and their dependencies? Are there some weird networking issues here? I would suspect some nasty firewall, but apparently you're using telnet. -- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com> Subscribe to The Perl Review	[reply]
found aix binary wget by perlAffen (Sexton) on Jan 26, 2006 at 22:05 UTC
had to uuencode it and paste it in......UG !!!!!!!!!	[reply]
Re: wget in Perl ? by thor (Priest) on Jan 26, 2006 at 17:05 UTC
You have to paste? You don't have ftp access to/from the box in question? thor `The only easy day was yesterday`	[reply]