tcpdump
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:29:40 -0400 >Hi All, > > Here is my dilemma. > > I'm working with a client in the real-estate industry. They plan to >download MLS (Multi-Listing Service) data from the local MLS provider, >including images. > > The data files are located on an FTP server, so downloading them and >performing a mass import into a database is no problem. > > To get the photos the client uses a GUI interface. They enter a sign-in >and the photos automatically download to the specified location. > > We want to be able to automate the photo download process. We were told >that the photos were not available on FTP and that the GUI program was the >only way to get them; there was no command line version. My client thinks >he was told a mistruth. > I do believe that the GUI program has to go out to some type of server >(even if it isn't FTP) on the internet to download the files. > > Question 1: Are there any utilities that allow me to monitor the outgoing >traffic on my machine? Something along the lines of "The machine sent X >request to X IP / port." I figure I can run the program and see where it >is going. > > Question 2: Is there a way to automate a GUI program? ( Doesn't that >defeat the purpose of a GUI program in the first place? ). > > >-- >Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Need a Web Developer? Contact me! >AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 >-- >My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com >My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
