Re: wget or curl?
I tend to prepare my scripts for either of these, by saying:
wget <URL> || curl -L -O <URL>
curl supports of course more protocols, but then if you only need FTPS I haven't seen that explicitly mentioned by wget docs either. But I might err ...
// Oliver
PS: Had accidentally replied to the sender only.
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> Datum: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:58:13 -0500
> Von: Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>
> An: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Betreff: Re: wget or curl?
> Mag Gam wrote:
> > I would like to automatically get files from a FTPs using TLS. Is it
> > better to use wget or curl?
> >
> > or is there another alternative?
> >
> > TIA
>
>
>
> If you have the resources (i.e., disk space, etc.) install both. No
> need to decide unless you must. Some applications (scripts) expect
> wget, others like curl. I would say curl is more of a requirement, wget
> is more optional. But that is in my experience, others might have
> other experiences.
>
> (This point of view is from a non-technical standpoint. Looking forward
> to reading what others have to say.)
>
>
> Mark Allums
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