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wgrab

by earmbrust

wgrab is an http file fetcher similar to wget that is designed to be small, fast, and cross platform compatible natively. The compiled wgrab is approximately 1/10th the size of wget, making it ideal for distributions like DSL and other miniature distros


http://wgrab.sourceforge.net

WWW/HTTP

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  • New release coming soon...

    With the realization that the ptypes library (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptypes/) is no longer maintained, it has been decided that the best course of action for wgrab is to move to another library. With that in mind, some time ago I began ...

    05:34AM on Nov 08 2006 by earmbrust

  • Gentoo 2005.1 build problems

    Apparently there are some issues with building either ptypes or wgrab under Gentoo 2005.1. I'm looking into this issue to attempt to build an ebuild for the distribution. Additionally, if someone is willing to generate an rpm package for wgrab, the ...

    11:40AM on Oct 31 2005 by earmbrust

  • No bug reports?

    This is amazingly incredible. Either my programming skills (while sometimes sloppy) are incredibly reliable, or the bugs are so elusive that noone has yet noticed them. I'm not sure if that's actually good...or bad. If you notice anything, please feel ...

    06:42AM on Sep 03 2005 by earmbrust

  • Compliance with wget return codes

    So I've been working towards getting wgrab to return the same codes that wget does, so that it may better be integrated with existing tools that use wget as their primary web fetching utility. If anyone can provide a list of at least a few (if everyone ...

    02:28AM on Jun 12 2005 by earmbrust

  • wgrab 1.1.3 released

    Fixed a few typographical errors, as well as added checking for if a hostname was supplied. Read changelog for full details.

    01:33AM on Jun 11 2005 by earmbrust

  • wgrab wgrab-1.1.3 file released: wgrab-1.1.3.zip

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      v1.1.3: 6/10/05
      1 improvement, 3 fixes
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      -fixed a spelling error in the --help output
      ...

    09:31PM on Jun 10 2005

  • wgrab wgrab-1.1.3 file released: wgrab-1.1.3.tar.gz

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      v1.1.3: 6/10/05
      1 improvement, 3 fixes
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      -fixed a spelling error in the --help output
      ...

    09:31PM on Jun 10 2005

  • wgrab v1.1.2 released

    This was a hefty update, and added some great functionality as well as modifying some existing functionality. Added HTTP 1.1 support, albeit a bit slower; added error checking (response messages) and the ability to ignore them; added other items not ...

    05:51PM on Jun 09 2005 by earmbrust

  • wgrab wgrab-1.1.2 file released: wgrab-1.1.2.zip

    This is the changelog for the wgrab by Elden Armbrust, earmbrust@gmail.com,
    http://www.xero-soft.com. Entries are written in reverse chronological order.
    Feel free to contact me with ideas and comments, or post them in the forum
    on the website for public ...

    01:48PM on Jun 09 2005

  • wgrab wgrab-1.1.2 file released: wgrab-1.1.2.tar.gz

    This is the changelog for the wgrab by Elden Armbrust, earmbrust@gmail.com,
    http://www.xero-soft.com. Entries are written in reverse chronological order.
    Feel free to contact me with ideas and comments, or post them in the forum
    on the website for public ...

    01:48PM on Jun 09 2005