Hi Pete, Agreed, with WGET it gets quite a bit complicated (because it really doesn't understand the GZ format). That's why you currently have to override the filename, call it GZ, then call GZIP to unzip it. I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth the trouble with WGET (as you surmised, it would make the script more complicated - so forget that approach.)
The reason to switch to CURL is that behaves like a true HTTP application with GZIP support. You don't need to ship an extra GZIP on top of WGET in your distribution. CURL requests your file from your server, asks for it to be GZ compressed during transport, receives it, decompresses it before saving it - and sets timestamp from the server. All that in ONE command. Basically, you would replace these TWO lines in your current script: wget http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/%LICENSE_ID%.snf -O %RULEBASE_PATH%\%LICENSE_ID%.new.gz --header=Accept-Encoding:gzip --http-user=sniffer --http-passwd=ki11sp8m if exist %RULEBASE_PATH%\%LICENSE_ID%.new.gz gzip -d -f %RULEBASE_PATH%\%LICENSE_ID%.new.gz with this single line: curl http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/%LICENSE_ID%.snf -R -o %RULEBASE_PATH%\%LICENSE_ID%.new -z %RULEBASE_PATH%\%LICENSE_ID%.snf --compressed -u sniffer:ki11sp8m Best Regards, Andy From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:36 AM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer] Re: Update Script - Choice of WGET Parameter Prevents TimeStamping Hello Andy, Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:13:50 AM, you wrote: > Hi Pete, Thanks for giving it your consideration. If you decide to revise these parameteres, then it will require an extra command in your script (because the WGET command will output the compressed file as .SNF). There is actually a bit more to it than that -- The existing script generally works even though it doesn't preserve the servers's timestamp because: 1. It is usually triggered from the SNFServer when SNF detects a newer rulebase file. 2. Any rulebase fill recently downloaded is guaranteed to be newer provided the local server's clock is correct (or close to it). Also -- are you saying that with the parameters you've provided WGET would decompress the file on it's own so that we wouldn't need to do that in our script? If so, how does it know for sure where to find GZIP? If not then it would be a little dangerous to have a .snf file around that looked correct but was in fact not yet decompressed. Another consideration is that if the file name is going to collide with the existing rulebase file we would want to move that into another location so that we don't stomp the existing rulebase file until we've tested the new one. It would be preferable to use WGET since there's nothing wrong with it and we've been using it long enough that most SNF folks already have it. That doesn't mean you shouldn't provide an alternate script that works with CURL just in case someone has a preference. Best, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <sniffer@sortmonster.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
