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NEW OS/2 UTILITY: GetURL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (djd@cris.com)
Fri Dec 8 09:27:30 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:02:04 GMT
From: djd@cris.com
Reply-To: djd@cris.com
Submitted by: Derek J. Decker (djd@cris.com)
Source: Derek J. Decker (djd@cris.com)
Date received: 1995 December 4
Date posted: 1995 December 7
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GETURL - an OS/2 utility for copying files from the Internet
WHAT IS GETURL?
GetURL is a program for copying files from WWW sites, FTP sites,
News Servers, Gopher sites, or local computer to your local OS/2
computer. GetURL may be used in conjunction with REXX to automate
a number of Internet search and retrieval applications.
GetURL can deal with URLs of the following types and formats:
http://www.cris.com/~djd
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
news:comp.os.os2.network.tcpip
gopher://gopher.iglou.com
file://localhost/c:/config.sys
GetURL retrieves these files as type www/source, meaning that all
text is retrieved as HTML, and binaries (like pictures) are retrieved
as is. Suggestions for enhancements to this behaviour are encouraged.
A couple of demonstration REXX Programs are included as illustration.
These include a Hobbes Keyword Search Utility, and a WPS Backround
Weather Map Loader.
GetURL requires EMXRT in order to operate correctly.
GetURL is released as shareware. A $30.00 US fee is requested. Registered
users get emailed notification of new releases, as well as several other
WWW utilities.
