-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HARPREET SAWHNEY wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting a strange bug when I use wget to download a binary file > from a URL versus when I manually download. > > The attached ZIP file contains two files: > > 000005.upc --- manually downloaded > dum.upc --- downloaded through wget > > wget adds a number of ascii characters to the head of the file and seems > to delete a similar number from the tail. > > So the file sizes are the same but the addition and deletion renders > the file useless. > > Could you please direct me on if I should be using some specific > option to avoind this problem?
In the future, it's useful to mention which version of Wget you're using. The problem you're having is that the server is adding the extra HTML at the front of your session, and then giving you the file contents anyway. It's a bug in the PHP code that serves the file. You're getting this extra content because you are not logged in when you're fetching it. You need to have Wget send a cookie with an login-session information, and then the server will probably stop sending the corrupting information at the head of the file. The site does not appear to use HTTP's authentication mechanisms, so the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bit in the URL doesn't do you any good. It uses Forms-and-cookies authentication. Hopefully, you're using a browser that stores its cookies in a text format, or that is capable of exporting to a text format. In that case, you can just ensure that you're logged in in your browser, and use the - --load-cookies=<cookies.txt> option to Wget to use the same session information. Otherwise, you'll need to use --save-cookies with Wget to simulate the login form post, which is tricky and requires some understanding of HTML Forms. - -- HTH, Micah J. Cowan Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer, and GNU Wget Project Maintainer. http://micah.cowan.name/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFId9Vy7M8hyUobTrERAjCWAJ9niSjC5YdBDNcAbnBFWZX6D8AO7gCeM8nE i8jn5i5Y6wLX1g3Q2hlDgcM= =uOke -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
