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Re: Is there a standard syntax?
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Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:39:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I know next to zilch about programming, even in DOS, so this question is asked
> > in ignorance and good faith.
> >
> > If I'm writing a .bat program to copy a file from a known, static location on
> > the web, is there a standard format by which the hyperlink is referenced?
> > Specifically, if I'm copying the file c:\doofus\dolt.txt, I know how to refer to
> > it, but if it's http://www.dolt.com/doofus/dolt.txt, I don't know how to point
> > the .bat file to the location.
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> > Any help is appreciated. Alas, I need to write this as a DOS-friendly .bat
> > because that's the job as its been handed to me.
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> Dave, I'm pretty sure you can't do it without an external program. If you have
> FTP access to the file, you can use the command-line ftp program included with
> most msdos versions, otherwise you will need a non-dos program, I would
> recommend GNU wget, which you can find here http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
> but there may be others around.
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> > Don't ask how I got this assignment...
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> OK!
After I left work last night I realized that my formulation of the question was
really feeble, so here's some more info, if it helps.
I guess it's not *really* DOS but is intead a DOS shell running on Windows XP.
In my former department I used a "file.bat" program that did exactly what I'm
trying to describe--it copied several files from an online source to my local
network drive, from which they were then accessed for use in daily processing.
I can almost but not quite remember how the line of code looked when I opened
"file.bat" for editing, and I'm trying to reproduce it except with the currently
needed address.
Thanks for your input, though! I might be able to track down a copy of the old
"file.bat" program and just work from that.
Dave!
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