> In libwww-perl there is a command GET <URL> that makes the trick. > If you have a squid proxy, you can read it next time directly from > cache. Otherwise, you can put it to a file.
Wouldn't it be easier to use 'lynx' (-dump or -source or somesuch) or 'snarf'? > On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > Is it possible to download something, say http://xxx.xxx.xxx/abc.zip > > in the background? For example, I can run ncftp, get a file, press > > CTRL-Z, type bg, then I can logout and ncftp still downloading the > > file for me. Is there an equivalent command for downloading from http? Ray -- J.H.M. Dassen | RUMOUR Believe all you hear. Your world may [EMAIL PROTECTED] | not be a better one than the one the blocks | live in but it'll be a sight more vivid. | - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]