# try to simulate wget:
my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new(
                file => "$cookie",
                autosave => 1,
            );
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new ;
$ua->timeout(2);
$ua->cookie_jar($cookie_jar);
$ua->credentials ("$host:$port","Tomcat Manager Application",$user,$password);
my $request= HTTP::Request->new (GET=> "http://$host:$port/manager/status?XML=true");
my $status=$ua->request ($request);
if ($status->is_success)
{
    $page=$status->decoded_content();
}
else
{
    print STDERR $status->status_line, "\n";
    return 1;
}