Comments | madderz: Application/Code Help needed

madderz

Application/Code Help needed

Feb 07, 2009 14:11

Ok, I need an app that will enable me to download a file from a specific location on teh web and place it on my own webspace ( Read more... )

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fruitcake February 8 2009, 01:47:32 UTC

can't you script that in something?

madderz February 8 2009, 17:00:29 UTC

Oh undoubtedly, it's just the something and the how I'm stuck with.

Code [could be prettier but works] (save to file, point to wherever perl is and make executable: fruitcake February 8 2009, 18:28:07 UTC

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# This script is intended to fetch a particular file from a location on the web and
# place it in a local directory.
# A list of the file locations can be kept in a local file either specified from the
# commandline or in '/home//.filefetch', one url per line, example format:
# url extention destination
# http://127.0.0.1/dreamgirlonhand .csv /tmp

# To install cpan on a unix commandline run:
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::MCPAN'
# To install used cpan packages listed below:
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::Fetch'
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Date::Calc'
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Getopt::Long'
# and follow instructions on the screen

# Usage: ./file_fetch # ./file_fetch --config="urlfile ( ... )

example.filefetch (which is tries of you don't give a --config="" option fruitcake February 8 2009, 18:29:05 UTC

http://127.0.0.1/dreamgirlonhand csv /tmp
http://127.0.0.1/dreamgirlonhand2 csv /tmp
http://127.0.0.1/dreamgirlonhand3 csv /tmp

Re: example.filefetch (which is tries of you don't give a --config="" option madderz February 10 2009, 19:55:09 UTC

Thanks for those!!! I'll let you know how I get on

Re: example.filefetch (which is tries of you don't give a --config="" option fruitcake February 10 2009, 22:11:41 UTC

I was hoping you'd get back to me earlier when I still had time to fix it.

Re: example.filefetch (which is tries of you don't give a --config="" option madderz February 12 2009, 20:58:40 UTC

Sorry about that, but in any event I'd like to have a go at getting it working myself, that way I'll have more chance of understanding how it does what it does. :)

I also wasn't expecting to get something that looks so complete so quickly, the best I was hoping for was a link to an instructional page so I've been caught a bit unprepared.

You are awesome and I owe you some drinks!

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