Re: Download Manager in Perl

Using a tiny url (or any other) to provide code runs against the grain of the Monastery's guidelines... if you post here, it's going to be here for the next reader who wants to review it but when you post an off-site link, there's no assurance of its durability nor of its changelessness. Worse, this tiny url starts an automated download. That's the reason for my - -.

OTOH, since the 7-zip version on the project homepage is listed at a megabyte, even readmore tags would scarcely remove the curse of size.

Therefore, finger wagging in this node is confined to the tiny url -- for which I see no excuse -- and I'll throw in a "keep" vote on the consideration: even though the OP is clearly self-promotional, it's in an appropriate section, CUFP, and seems to me to constitute a notice of an interesting, Perl/Tk program.

Comment on Re: Download Manager in Perl

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 02, 2011 at 22:41 UTC
CUFP, and seems to me to constitute a notice of an interesting, Perl/Tk program. A cava packager packed binary executable :)	[reply]
Re^3: Download Manager in Perl by keszler (Priest) on Oct 02, 2011 at 23:40 UTC
Obscured link to an .exe download. Sourceforge project that has no source. (SVN browse lists a tarball, but it's empty.) The .exe contains these strings: `FastMM Borland Edition (c) 2004 - 2008 Inno Setup Setup Data (5.4.2) RegQueryValueExW RegOpenKeyExW RegCloseKey user32.dll kernel32.dll comctl32.dll oleaut32.dll` [download] which may be completely innocent - but why do you need an installer for a "compiled" Perl program. Maybe I just have a nasty suspicious mind, but I vote -- and reap. If the OP comes back with source I'll apologize.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Download Manager in Perl by mecrazycoder (Sexton) on Oct 03, 2011 at 04:28 UTC
Why I gave exe - Actually to execute the script, everyone must have perl and some more perl modules installed in their machine. I thought providing exe will be easy for the people who dont know anything about perl. Regarding Source - I will upload the script ASAP because right now I am working on proper naming convention so that it will be easy for other to understand the code. Anyway thanks for your comment :-) My Download manager(esp for student) in Perl. http://tiny.cc/ntdfg. Try it and provide your valuable feedback.	[reply]
Re^4: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 02, 2011 at 23:50 UTC
Well, it is written in perl, easy way to use proxy for downloads for non-technical users, it certainly qualifies as CUFP even without source, certainly not spam	[reply]
Re^5: Download Manager in Perl by keszler (Priest) on Oct 02, 2011 at 23:55 UTC
Re^6: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 03, 2011 at 00:12 UTC
Re^4: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 02, 2011 at 23:48 UTC
which may be completely innocent - but why do you need an installer for a "compiled" Perl program. Unlike PAR/pp packed .exe, which unzips itself into temp directory each time, then runs Cava packager provides innosetup installer	[reply]
Re^5: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 03, 2011 at 11:13 UTC
Re^6: Download Manager in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 04, 2011 at 06:35 UTC
Re^4: Download Manager in Perl by cavac (Parson) on Nov 25, 2011 at 13:00 UTC
but why do you need an installer for a "compiled" Perl program There are tons of reasons that may require an installer. Registry keys might need setup, Autostart may be required, Desktop icons to be made, a provided uninstaller,... etc. And a proper installer will allow rollout by a central (Windows) Package Managment. Don't use '#ff0000': use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED(); All colors subject to change without notice.	[reply]


Welcome to the Monastery
	PerlMonks