On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 11:51:33AM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > I need to write a script dat will download a gif from an HTTP > server. Unfortunately it turns out that when I telnet to the > webserver (port 80), issue "GET test.gif" and pour the output > into a file (making sure to remove the three header lines) the > gif turns out not to be useable. My best guess is that HTTP > somehow encodes binary files when transferring them. > Does anybody know how to download a gif that way or is their > an app somewhere that will do this for me.
wget will do this for you, and is available for Debian. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
