On 17 Jun, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Hi, > > 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. > > Thanks in advance, > > Nico >
Among one of the many ways of doing this you could use lynx to get the file. lynx -dump http:/...../image.gif > image.gif There are also debian packages for htget and wget which are file grabbers for http. -- Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
