How to fetch a file from web ?

[jfoto2001]

Hi

I want to fetch automaticaly every x hours a file from the web,
via a proxy server (authentification needed).
How can i simply do this ? (I'm a newbie in Perl...)

thanx

jeff

 

[Paul Lalli]

I want to fetch automaticaly every x hours a file from the web,
via a proxy server (authentification needed).
How can i simply do this ? (I'm a newbie in Perl...)

man cron
perldoc LWP::Simple

Once you've made an attempt at solving your problem, post your attempt
here if it doesn't work.

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Paul Lalli

 

[usenet]

I want to fetch automaticaly every x hours a file from the web,
via a proxy server (authentification needed).

Authenticating proxy servers can be a hassle; I've never gotten any of
the "usual" Perl solutions to work, through my proxy, despite
considerable effort. I have been successful using cURL with Perl,
though; see this recent thread:

http://tinyurl.com/ckvsg

 

[Tad McClellan]

I want to fetch

perldoc -q fetch

How do I fetch an HTML file?

automaticaly every x hours a file from the web,
via a proxy server (authentification needed).
How can i simply do this ?

perldoc -q automat
or
perldoc -q html

How do I automate an HTML form submission?

(I'm a newbie in Perl...)

Being a newbie does not exempt you from the expectation that
will check the Perl FAQ before posting to the Perl newsgroup.