Many thanks for this feedback Joe. I shall look into this, and see if I can get this
to work!
Thank you once again.
With best wishes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 05:17:00 -0500
To: Diabetes Simulator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple questions about wget
> Diabetes Simulator wrote:
>
> > Hi there. I am new to this list (and wget) but would be grateful
> > for any advice that anyone may be able to provide.
>
> > In particular I have two questions:
> >
> > (1) Does it matter which server wget is run on (original host vs
> > mirror?) - or does it need to be run on the mirror (destination)
> > server - and pull / get files from the host? (I do not yet know
> > which server / ISP will be more amenable to installing this).
>
> It must be run on the mirror. wget /gets/ files from an origin server.
>
> > (2) Does wget have to be compiled on the server - e.g. something
> > that the Systems / Server Administrator needs to do - or is this
> > something that an end user (Webmaster) could do in his / her
> > personal Webspace / cgi-bin?
>
> If the server has a reasonable build environment already (i.e. GCC and
> appropriate libraries), you can easily compile it yourself and install
> it in your home directory. If not, then you'll have to locate a
> pre-compiled binary appropriate for your system (or hope that one is
> already installed). Though a packaged binary probably won't do you any
> good--RPMs and the like usually must be installed by the root user.
>
> wget doesn't usually need any special permissions to run however, so can
> be run from a simple shell account. Do not put it in your cgi-bin,
> though...you should make a 'bin' directory off of your home directory
> where you put any binaries that you install yourself. Most systems
> already have ~/bin in the path, and so it will 'just work' assuming
> permissions are correct. If your local bin is not in the path, then you
> can add it. Consult a basic Unix text or online tutorial for more on
> this kind of thing, as it is way off topic here.
>
> You'll want to read up on cron, as well, while your perusing your Unix
> tutorial or book.
>
> Good luck!
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