HTGET Version 1.

02, get a document via HTTP

Installation:

You need to run a packet driver and to configure wattcp.cfg first.

Remember to define a nameserver if you want to resolve hostnames.
Then to use the program, just run as:

htget URL

where URL is a document on the Web that you want to fetch. The initial
http:// can be omitted. The returned document, if there is no error,
is sent to standard output. Use > redirection or -o to save to a
file if this is desired. If an error occurs, the error code is printed
to stderr.

If the environment variable HTTP_PROXY is set to the host:port of

a proxy server, then htget will use that. In this case the http://
prefix of the URL cannot be omitted.

At the moment HTGET handles responses from only HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1
servers. Are there any HTTP/0.9 servers still in use?

List of files:

Artistic Artistic License conditions

LOG Change log
Makefile For Borland C make
README This file
getopt.c Command arguments parsing routine
htget.exe Executable
htget.c Source
htget.man Manual page (nroff format)
htget.prn Printable version of above
httpddos.tip Some suggestions for DOS Web servers
tcp.h Source, copy of one in WATTCP source distribution
wattcp.cfg Configuration file, edit before using HTGET
wattcpsm.lib Object library used when linking HTGET

Resources:

Here are some FTP sites for auxiliary and related software. The sites
named here are the normal ones and it's best to ask archie for the
nearest archive to you.

Packet drivers
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/
Current version of the packet drivers is 11.

WATTCP library sources

ftp://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/pc/wattcp/

PDCLKSET
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/pdtstNNN.zip
A small program to set the PC clock from a server running timed(udp).

DOSLYNX
ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/WWW/DosLynx/
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc FAQ
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/ibmtcp.zip
Answers a lot of questions about TCP-IP on PCs.

RFC1945
Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0, at lots of places

Acknowledgements:

HTGET uses the excellent WATTCP package by Erick Engelke of the U of

Waterloo. Russ Nelson of Crynwr Software has put a lot of work into
packet drivers for many NICs.

HTGET is free software. The software is provided as-is and there is

NO SUPPORT.

If you find HTGET useful, send me a nice note by email telling me how
you use it. If you really like it, send me a postcard of your country.

Here are my contact addresses. Email is most preferred.

ken@syd.dit.csiro.au

Ken Yap
CSIRO Division of Information Technology
Locked Bag 17
North Ryde 2113
Australia
+61 2 3253100

Ken Yap
December 1997