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Download file from url

by rose (Beadle)
on Nov 30, 2007 at 05:55 UTC ( [id://654050]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

rose has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

I have a website for example www.abc.com/cgi-bin/first.pl, in that i have user name and password. All source code in Linux Environment but I don't have permission to see the files.

I want to download the files fist.pl from www.abc.com.

I tried to download .pl files by using lwp-download www.abc.com/cgi-bin/first.pl command, but it vain.

Is there any option to download files ? please guide me.

Thanks
Rose

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Re: Download file from url
by tachyon-II (Chaplain) on Nov 30, 2007 at 06:10 UTC

    Is there any option to download files?

    No

    You can not download these files, the server executes them and you get the output. You could try asking the owners nicely (perhaps they believe in open source) otherwise you would need to hack the server to get them.

Re: Download file from url
by fenLisesi (Priest) on Nov 30, 2007 at 08:59 UTC
    Why? What are you trying to do, really?

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