Greetings,

Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from an HTTP
URL? Thanks.

Bassam

"Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from an
HTTP
> URL? Thanks.
>
> Bassam
>


Just yesterday I posted this. You could try the freeware tool WGET.EXE:
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html

If you're using Windows XP you can use BITSADMIN.EXE from the Support Tools.

Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a
> file from an HTTP URL? Thanks.
>
> Bassam
Hi

Maybe one of this ones will work for you:

curl
http://curl.haxx.se/

wget
http://wget.sunsite.dk/


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Hi Marty,

I tried WGET and it didn't do what I wanted. Considering that I only played
with it for a few hours, I may have missed something. My dilemma is this.
We're getting the weather news as an XML feed from an outside site by
calling loadXML in a javascript function (hundreds of users on an intranet
getting the weather from the internet). All of a sudden, the weather site
went down and slowed down our intranet page immensely. Our solution to this
was to get the XML feed separately, and copy it to a local server (cached).
This way, users will load the local copy and the server will always check
for a newer version. If no new version exists or the server's slow or down,
users won't feel it. However, when I used WGET (after getting rid of those
filename.1, .2, .3 extras), the file kept getting replaced with an empty
HTML file that had a META tag REDIRECT link of zero seconds to that weather
page. So the cached copy would just keep trying to get the newer version
over and over. I didn't think it was WGET that was doing that, but clicking
on the link would not bring it up in the browser, instead I would get an
unknown error. I tried creating a link to the XML feed and see what happens
if I download it manually, I got a could not download error from IE that
usually appears whenever the file doesn't exist or the URL is broken.

Any suggestions on how to implement a cached copy of a file using WGET?

Thanks.

Bassam


"Marty List" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:O%23hiR$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from an
> HTTP
>> URL? Thanks.
>>
>> Bassam
>>
>
>
> Just yesterday I posted this. You could try the freeware tool WGET.EXE:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
>
> If you're using Windows XP you can use BITSADMIN.EXE from the Support
> Tools.
>
>
>

Hi Torgeir,

Please take a look at my response to Clay. I've used WGET before, but not
CURL. WGET wouldn't work for me, so I'll try CURL instead. Thanks.

Bassam

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a
>> file from an HTTP URL? Thanks.
>>
>> Bassam
> Hi
>
> Maybe one of this ones will work for you:
>
> curl
> http://curl.haxx.se/
>
> wget
> http://wget.sunsite.dk/
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

"Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Marty,
>
> I tried WGET and it didn't do what I wanted. Considering that I only
played
> with it for a few hours, I may have missed something. My dilemma is this.
> We're getting the weather news as an XML feed from an outside site by
> calling loadXML in a javascript function (hundreds of users on an intranet
> getting the weather from the internet). All of a sudden, the weather site
> went down and slowed down our intranet page immensely. Our solution to
this
> was to get the XML feed separately, and copy it to a local server
(cached).
> This way, users will load the local copy and the server will always check
> for a newer version. If no new version exists or the server's slow or
down,
> users won't feel it. However, when I used WGET (after getting rid of
those
> filename.1, .2, .3 extras), the file kept getting replaced with an empty
> HTML file that had a META tag REDIRECT link of zero seconds to that
weather
> page. So the cached copy would just keep trying to get the newer version
> over and over. I didn't think it was WGET that was doing that, but
clicking
> on the link would not bring it up in the browser, instead I would get an
> unknown error. I tried creating a link to the XML feed and see what
happens
> if I download it manually, I got a could not download error from IE that
> usually appears whenever the file doesn't exist or the URL is broken.
>
> Any suggestions on how to implement a cached copy of a file using WGET?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bassam
>
>
> "Marty List" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:O%23hiR$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from an
> > HTTP
> >> URL? Thanks.
> >>
> >> Bassam
> >>
> >
> >
> > Just yesterday I posted this. You could try the freeware tool WGET.EXE:
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
> >
> > If you're using Windows XP you can use BITSADMIN.EXE from the Support
> > Tools.
> >


I've never had any problems with WGET, and I can't think of anything special
you would need to do for XML files.

Post the command line you are passing to WGET.

I was using "wget -t inf -o results.log
http://www.weatherroom.com/xml/ext/22302". The default file in this case is
22302.xml. The link works now so I can duplicate the error. I tried using
cURL based on Torgeir's suggestion (see other reply), and that worked like a
charm.

Bassam

P.S. - I like your e-mail address.

"Marty List" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi Marty,
>>
>> I tried WGET and it didn't do what I wanted. Considering that I only
> played
>> with it for a few hours, I may have missed something. My dilemma is
>> this.
>> We're getting the weather news as an XML feed from an outside site by
>> calling loadXML in a javascript function (hundreds of users on an
>> intranet
>> getting the weather from the internet). All of a sudden, the weather
>> site
>> went down and slowed down our intranet page immensely. Our solution to
> this
>> was to get the XML feed separately, and copy it to a local server
> (cached).
>> This way, users will load the local copy and the server will always check
>> for a newer version. If no new version exists or the server's slow or
> down,
>> users won't feel it. However, when I used WGET (after getting rid of
> those
>> filename.1, .2, .3 extras), the file kept getting replaced with an empty
>> HTML file that had a META tag REDIRECT link of zero seconds to that
> weather
>> page. So the cached copy would just keep trying to get the newer version
>> over and over. I didn't think it was WGET that was doing that, but
> clicking
>> on the link would not bring it up in the browser, instead I would get an
>> unknown error. I tried creating a link to the XML feed and see what
> happens
>> if I download it manually, I got a could not download error from IE that
>> usually appears whenever the file doesn't exist or the URL is broken.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to implement a cached copy of a file using WGET?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bassam
>>
>>
>> "Marty List" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> > "Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:O%23hiR$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> Greetings,
>> >>
>> >> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from
>> >> an
>> > HTTP
>> >> URL? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Bassam
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Just yesterday I posted this. You could try the freeware tool
>> > WGET.EXE:
>> > http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
>> >
>> > If you're using Windows XP you can use BITSADMIN.EXE from the Support
>> > Tools.
>> >
>
>
> I've never had any problems with WGET, and I can't think of anything
> special
> you would need to do for XML files.
>
> Post the command line you are passing to WGET.
>
>
>

Try dhttp @ dhttp www.cmdtools.com/dhttp.zip



"Bassam Abdul-Baki" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O%23hiR$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings,
>
> Is there a DOS command that will allow users to download a file from an
> HTTP URL? Thanks.
>
> Bassam
>