Unknown W. Brackets Wrote: > Well, checking for internet connectivity is a tricky and > operating-specific thing. > > Would you rather check for connectivity with a specific host? I gather > that would be more than appropriate for what you're wanting.
This should do just fine. Afterall it would do no good if I have connectivity but cannot reach the intended host. > Are you wanting to download over HTTP, or a different protocol? If over > HTTP, there are a ton of libraries that may be useful to you, and > there's also building your own HTTP request (which is actually pretty > trivial.) I'm trying to download over both FTP and HTTP. Not sure if the same process is applicable to both protocols but I'm assuming not. > If you're using Tango, it has classes in it for these things. Unfortunately I haven't played with Tango many years now and got away from D1 as soon D2 forked back in 2007. > -[Unknown] > > > Tyro[a.c.edwards] wrote: > > I've used Burton Radons' "urllib" in the past to get download files from > > the internet, however the library has atrophied and can no longer be used > > with DMD v2.029 (not how long it's been this way because I haven't tried to > > compile it since 2006). > > > > I'm wondering if someone could point me to an example of how to check for > > internet connectivity and if available download the latest version of a > > given file. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Andrew
