On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:38, JC Janos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I stumbled on an answer. Adding "2>&1" apparently works, i.e., > > $result = `2>&1 $WGET $file`; > > Not sure if it's the only/best way. snip
Well, the best way would be to use LWP*, LWP::Simple**, or WWW::Mechanize*** to allow Perl to get the data without resorting to an external program: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use LWP::Simple; use File::Basename; my $url = "http://wonkden.net/resume.pdf";; my $file = basename $url; my $status = mirror($url, $file); if ($status == RC_OK) { print "got file\n"; } elsif ($status == RC_NOT_MODIFIED) { print "didn't need to get the file\n"; } else { print "got error $status\n"; } * http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwww-perl/lib/LWP.pm ** http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwww-perl/lib/LWP/Simple.pm *** http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize/lib/WWW/Mechanize.pm -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
