lwp-download

 

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 LWP-DOWNLOAD(1)User Contributed Perl DocumentationLWP-DOWNLOAD(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        lwp-download - fetch large files from the net
 
SYNOPSIS
         lwp-download [-a] <url> [<local file>]
 
 
DESCRIPTION
        The lwp-download program will down load the document spec­
        ified by the URL given as the first command line argument
        to a local file.  The local filename used to save the doc­
        ument is guessed from the URL unless specified as the sec­
        ond command line argument.
 
        The lwp-download program is implemented using the libwww-
        perl library.  It is better suited to down load big files
        than the lwp-request program because it does not store the
        file in memory.  Another benefit is that it will keep you
        updated about its progress and that you don't have much
        options to worry about.
 
        Use the `-a' option to save the file in text (ascii) mode.
        Might make a difference on dosish systems.
 
 EXAMPLE
        Fetch the newest and greatest perl version:
 
         $ lwp-download http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz
         Saving to 'latest.tar.gz'...
         1.47 MB received in 22 seconds (68.7 KB/sec)
 
 
AUTHOR
        Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
 
 
 
 2001-07-20               libwww-perl-5.53         LWP-DOWNLOAD(1)

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