Re^2: UrlDownloadToFile function

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Re^3: UrlDownloadToFile function by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 06, 2011 at 09:15 UTC
For that i needed urldownloadtofile(). Why? If you are already running a script that has just downloaded the "file", why can't you carry on with whatever the next part of the processing is in the same script? If you are prepared to move to Perl you should take advantage of the move by thinking outside the constraints of the previous technology and really take advantage of Perl. It may help if you tell us about the larger task you are trying to perform so we can point you toward suitable tools from the Perl web toolkit. True laziness is hard work	[reply]
Re^4: UrlDownloadToFile function by shayak (Acolyte) on Apr 06, 2011 at 09:58 UTC
ya i have a script that downloads a file. But i dont know the time i should wait for the download to complete. So i needed something which tells me that the file has finished downloading so that i can call another script for processing the file downloaded.	[reply]
Re^5: UrlDownloadToFile function by bart (Canon) on Apr 06, 2011 at 11:42 UTC
If you use LWP::Simple's `getstore` as suggested, you don't have to wait. Or rather: when the function finally returns (it could take a while), the page is downloaded. Completely.	[reply] [d/l]
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Re^3: UrlDownloadToFile function by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 06, 2011 at 08:53 UTC
You didn't state this when asking your question, to save us from guessing what you're actually trying to do please read and understand How do I post a question effectively?.	[reply]