DL.EXE + HTGET.EXE ================== A front-end for HTGET, DOS downloader, for use with Arachne or from the command line. ------------------------------------------------------- Requirements: A live internet connection, a loaded packet driver, a working wattcp.cfg. ------------------------------------------------------ Setup: Place DL.EXE in a suitable directory. DL.EXE must be run from here. This may be in the main directory of Arachne, or any other directory if it is used only from the command line. Create two sub-directories: \download (your downloads will go here) and: \htget Into \HTGET, place HTGET.EXE and the working wattcp.cfg. ------------------------------------------------------- Usage: -------------------------------------------------- From the command line: DL [filename] where [filename] is a plain text file containing the URL(s) of the file(s) you wish to download. In other words, [filename] is a shopping list. It does not have to be any particular name or any particular extension - in fact a file called "stinky.poo" will work just fine, so long as it contains real URLs. Also, URLs without the "http://", e.g. www.something.com/file.mp3, will work just as well. [filename] need not be in the same directory as DL.EXE, but, if not, then [filename] must include the path to that file. [filename] should contain one or more URLs, one per line. If no [filename] is specified, DL.EXE will look for CLIP.TMP in the current directory, and if not found will exit with an error message. --------------------------------------------------- From within Arachne: Edit MIME.CFG - add the line: file/htgetfile.dgi |@dl.exe \n echo All done ! \n pause Create a link to "file/htgetfile.dgi" anywhere suitable, or link a hot-key combination to it. When you come across a file you want to download, right-click on the URL (or Ctrl+Enter) to place that URL into CLIP.TMP, then invoke the .dgi. ------------------------------------------------------ Notes: 1: DL.EXE is a quick-n-dirty front-end for HTGET. Suggestions, bug reports and demands for money back should be sent to ron@ausreg.com. 2: DL.EXE tries to let you see what is happening, checks for duplicate files already downloaded and offers a chance to rename or over-write. 3: The HTGET.EXE in this package is not the latest and greatest, but it is the fastest thanks to some tweaking by Glenn McCorkle. 4: Some screen shots of DL.EXE in use are included, as .tif files. ------------------------------------------------------