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Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:47:24 GMT
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Yes I know, with Win32 it's easy no matter if it's http or ftp, but is it
also under Unix? I would like to keep the source as portable as possible.
In general it doesn't depend on the protocol, but getting directory listings
from ftp servers is common and always allowed while on http-servers it's
mostly forbidden :-(
Michael
Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
396E1843.7AE8988A@centroin.com.br...
> Michael Lachmann wrote:
> >
> > I saw that it is possible to extract the executables Ledit.exe and
> > Complete.exe using WinZip and I will check if it is also possible using • GZip.
> > If yes I will include gnu-zip code into the program to automatically • unpack
> > the packages.
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> There's a zip library at ftp.cdrom.com that is capable of extracting
> files (doh !) and has an example for creating a win32 program. I forgot
> the name but it should be very easy to find.
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> > Question to Tim: Would it be possible for you to activate an ftp server • at
> > ldraw.org where you put everything in which is download-able? This would • make
> > the whole thing more easy to program (at least for me ...).
> > Another thing is that I would like to ask to include a certain text-file • into
> > the complete.exe and updates which cleary states the which update is • included
> > in the package so tracking would be easy.
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> If you're going to do a win32 program then you can use http *very*
> easily, I use wininet lib to check for new versions of LeoCAD:
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> HINTERNET hHttpFile = InternetOpenUrl(session,
> "http://www.leocad.org/updates.txt", NULL, 0, 0,
> 0);
>
> Leonardo
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>
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| (...) We can always either: a. Enable directory listings for the appropriate directories. b. Supply a parts.dir file, containing the directory listing. BTW, unless something radical changes with the current situation, FTP is the wrong way to go for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) There's a zip library at ftp.cdrom.com that is capable of extracting files (doh !) and has an example for creating a win32 program. I forgot the name but it should be very easy to find. (...) If you're going to do a win32 program then you can (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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