Re: [htdig] local_urls -- CGI variables in filenames possible?

[Geoff H. <ghu...@ws...>]

On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 04:51  PM, Jessica Biola wrote:

> Anyhow, my plan is to use htdig with local_urls and
> local_urls_only -- but it seems to have problems
> pulling up documents that are named like this:
> item.cgi?id=1 or item.cgi?id=10&cata=denim
...
> I get something like this:
> So htdig finds the file, but then it says local
> retrieval failed.  Are there any known issues with
> pulling files with CGI variables in the names?

No, but I don't know of anyone else who's reported trying it either. 
What OS are you using? Some OS and/or filesystems have problems with 
certain characters in filenames, and certainly ? and & characters are 
among them.

Personally, I'd rather try using an HTTP proxy to handle local 
storage--you can still use wget to "prefetch" things through the proxy, 
but the proxy would be better able to handle file retrieval and issues 
like dynamic content on the remote server.

That said, I'd still qualify this as a bug, so it would help to get more 
information about your setup.

Thanks,
--
-Geoff Hutchison
Williams Students Online
http://wso.williams.edu/