RE: Webdav batch file transfer: curl, wget

[Jeff Hawk <jeff9898 at sbcglobal dot net>]

> -----Original Message-----

> From: On Behalf Of Richard Ivarson


> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:42 AM


> To: cygwin@cygwin.com


> Subject: Re: Webdav batch file transfer: curl, wget


> 


> Steve Holden schrieb:


> [..]


> >>> 
curl --user NAME:PASSWORD


> >>>


> https://webdavserver.com/folder/{fileAA,fileBB,fileCC,fileDD,fileEE,}.


> t


> xt


> >>> -O -O -O -O -O


> >>


> >> ... I forgot to mention: In contrast to
A)1) with curl you can 


> >> ommit the ":PASSWORD" in the
script. The curl then nicely asks for 


> >> it at runtime.


> >>


> > I don't know about getting rid of the five -O's
(have you tried it


> with


> > just one to see whether that does what you
want?),


> 


> Yes, I tried: with one "-O" just the first
"fileAA.txt" will be 


> written to local file ("fileAA.txt"),
while the other files will be 


> printed to the standard output (console).


> 


>  > but you
could shorten


> > the command line a bit using


> >


> > https://webdavserver.com/folder/file{AA,BB,CC,DD,EE}.txt


> 


 


Try quoting the URL. 
curl --user NAME:PASSWORD "https://webdavserver.com/folder/file{AA,BB,CC,DD,EE}.txt";
-O


 


If you are using bash, it is splitting the file names
into 5 separate names on the command line before curl gets them.


Then a single -O should work fine.


 


Regards,


Jeff


 





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