Re: Web Document Retrieval

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Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 14:46:32 +0200
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jd3@dec5200.gtri.gatech.edu wrote

>I am looking for a program to retrieve Web documnents without having to
>use a browser like Mosaic.  Ideally, I would like to type in the
>URL(s), and the program would go out and get the html document(s) for
>me.  Can anyone recommend a currently available tool for this? 


Get Perl, and install the excellent Perl Scripts for handling URLs and
HTTP stuff. Here's the header of htget:

# hget          --- get an html page from an http server
#
# Oscar Nierstrasz 26/8/93 oscar@cui.unige.ch
#
# This script and friends can be found at:
# http://cui_www.unige.ch/ftp/PUBLIC/oscar/scripts/README.html
# or ftp: cui.unige.ch:/PUBLIC/oscar/scripts/

This is probably exactly what you need.

Cheers,
Chris
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