LIGOtools Package: httptools

This package contains a few utilities to retrieve files via http:

The getUrl command-line utility, which retrieves a file from a web server.
The httpTextDisplay graphical tool, which is basically a poor man's web browser which only displays text. (It was written for use by the getMeta utility in the 'dataflow' package.)

Author: Peter Shawhan

Version 6.0

Release date: October 28, 2005
History of changes

Frequently Asked Questions related to this package

How can I use LIGOtools programs from behind a firewall?

Notes

The utilities in this package use the tclshexe and wishexe programs from the LIGOtools package 'tclexe', so that package must be installed and active.

Documentation

Type getUrl without any arguments for usage information.

Distribution files

Normally, you should use the ligotools_update utility to download and install new packages or new versions of existing packages, since it automatically figures out what packages need to be updated. However, if you wish to do so manually, then click on the name of the appropriate distribution file (below) with the right mouse button and choose "Save Link As..." from the popup menu. Note that you must save it on your disk with exactly the same name as it has on this web site. After the file has been downloaded, do:
ligotools_install <file>
where <file> is the file which was downloaded. This procedure will be quicker if the environment variable LIGOTOOLS is set to the main LIGOtools directory.

Universal distribution (works on all systems): httptools_6.0_ALL.tar.gz (6 kb)