Re: how do I retriev a file via http ?

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

well with 'telnet host 80' you need to issue HTTP commands (you can find the 
rfc for HTTP on www.w3.org ;) -- get is one of them.  if the document you 
want would have been accessed as:
  http://host/ultramode.txt
then you could telnet, and issue:
  get /ultramode.txt
or:
  get ultramode.txt
and hit enter.  If it's accessable as:
  http://host/path/ultramode.txt
then you would do something like:
  get path/ultramode.txt
or
  get /path/ultramode.txt

or you could just use wget, or curl, or any of those utilities, and do 
this:
  [user@host user]$ wget http://host/ultramode.txt 

I preferr those utilitiles to trying to use telnet -- it's easier to save
off the content -- especially if it's not text.

k

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On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Darxus wrote:

> 
> Okay, telnet to port 80.... then what ?
> 
> tried:
> 
> get ultramode.txt
> retr ultramode.txt
> 
> what is it ?
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