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Re: how to download and save files from the internet?



On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:31:29 +0100 (MET), Sebastiaan wrote:

>High,
>
>On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Gary Turner wrote:
>
>> BrowseX is such a quick little browser on Win98 I want to try it on my
>> Linux box.  After a 2M download to a page(!) (now that's a big
>> page--almost as big as those tricked up flashed/framed sites :-)),
>>
>> Mozilla help didn't, and I have no idea how to download and save to
>> file.  On Win, it was OK to be a big dummy :(  This is http url.  See
>> http://browsex.com.  Will someone help me with the proper incantation.
>> Or point me to the documentation.  I have Mozilla and Lynx on my box.
>> Telnet get <this file> <stash it there> would be nice, but I don't think
>> it applies here. :)
>>
>Use wget. First you search for the location of the file:
>wget http://browsex.com/download/v1.5/tml2.0.tar.gz

Tnx Tyrin and Sebastiaan, I knew there would be a tool.  I just had no
idea what.  Much too long w/MS.  I just expected a little box to...

As an aside to Sebastiaan, I tried to send you a copy of the headers
that got me labeled as spam, but it got labeled as spam and rejected,
too. :-(  Now let me see--what if I get a free mail account on a porn
site?  I could mail it from there...
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Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash



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