Hello,
I am using wget to invoke a CGI script call, while passing it several
variables. For example:
wget -O myfile.txt
"http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/myscript.cgi?COLOR=blue&SHAPE=circle"
where myscript.cgi say, makes an image based on the parameters "COLOR" and
"SHAPE". The problem I am having is when I need to pass a key/value pair
where the value contains the "&" character. Such as:
wget -O myfile.txt "http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/myscript.cgi?COLOR=blue
& red&SHAPE=circle"
I have tried encoding the "&" as %26, but that does not seem to work (spaces
as %20 works fine). The error log for the web server shows that the URL
requested does not say %26, but rather "&". It does not appear to me that
wget is sending the %26 as %26, but perhaps "fixing" it to "&".
I am using GNU wget v1.5.3 with Red Hat 7.0
Thanks!
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David Christopher Asher
