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- Short: V2.4a, leeches web sites, etc.
- Author: Tim Corringham
- Uploader: Tim Corringham
- Type: comm/tcp
- Replaces: tcpdl.lha
- Distribution: Aminet
-
- tcpdl is a program which downloads files from a http host.
- It can follow links (across sites if required), and can be
- configured to to ignore certain file types.
-
- It makes full use of AmigaDOS multi-tasking, and can
- download up to 15 files at a time. A status window reports
- current activity.
-
- tcpdl 2.4a includes the following changes from the previous
- Aminet version:
-
- - fixed a bug that caused non-text files to be downloaded even
- when the previously downloaded version was still current.
-
- - reworked the code that deals with the http transfer. This should
- make the code more tolerant of strange replies from the server,
- and has paved the way for further improvements in the future.
-
- - changed behaviour when URLs containing characters that are invalid
- in AmigaDOS file names are encountered.
-
- - changed behaviour when filenames are longer than allowed by the
- filesystem being used. Filenames are now simply truncated at
- the maximum supported length (30 characters for FFS). The full
- URL without truncation will appear in HTML references.
-
- - added the NOSAVE command line option. When specified this
- prevents any downloaded files from being saved.
-
- - added the DEBUG command line option.
-
- - added new status messages
-
- - previously, some temporary file were written to t:, which could
- cause problems in low memory situations. All files are now
- written to tcpdldir: so the user has control of the location
- of all files generated (even temporarily) by tcpdl.
-
- - corrected display of current and total file sizes. Previously
- these were displayed only intermittently.
-
- - corrected minor bug in the status display which caused columns
- not to be correctly aligned
-
- - reduced memory usage slightly
-
- - corrected a bug that could leave some files locked if an error
- occured during a download
-
- tcpdlpp is a post processor for html files downloaded by
- tcpdl, which converts all links to those files downloaded
- to relative URLs. Links to files that have not been
- downloaded are made to explicitly refer to the site where
- they can be found.
-
- tcpdlpp provides a summary of the number of occurances of
- every link found, for both downloaded files and remote URLs.
-
- Using these programs together allows you to make a local
- copy of selected sites, which can then be browsed off-line.
- Links to files that have not been downloaded can be followed
- when you are on-line.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 52560 22877 56.4% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 tcpdl
- 968 515 46.7% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 tcpdl.config
- 29380 10407 64.5% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 tcpdl.doc
- 36664 18220 50.3% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 tcpdlpp
- 1047 508 51.4% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 tcpdlpp.config
- 199 148 25.6% 01-Jun-98 23:00:00 urllist
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 120818 52675 56.4% 05-Sep-98 22:45:08 6 files
-