[BUGS] doing file downloads by http with commandline browser

[Jan Mikkelsen]

Hi Jonathan,

You need to escape the question mark from the shell.

'http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/scripts/download.php?approval=682571798f412a23de94'

or

"http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/scripts/download.php?approval=682571798f412a23de94"

or

http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/scripts/download.php\?approval=682571798f412a23de94

Regards,

Jan.


jonathan michaels wrote:
> greetings all
> 
> the subject line is as best as i can do on this one .. sorry
> 
> i found a file i wanted on a site (oxford university, oxford
> uk) i clicked on it to download it and was greeted by a message
> that told me to expect mail concerning the download ..
> 
> finally it arrived so i cut the relevertn line to x11 cut/paste
> buffer and cliucked on teh 'go' icon and almost instantly i get
> back no match  ...
> 
> sorta like this ...
> 
> opera http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/scripts/download.php?approval=682571798f412a23de94
> opera: No match
> 
> this happens irrespective what browser i try this with
> links /lynx /opera /firefox /epiphany /chimera et al
> 
> if i try the forst part alone, just teh domain name i get the
> usual expected connection, just when i try to connect tot eh
> sites search engine i guess you'd call it that i get this
> 'failure'. i'd checked teh cut/paste bit and as best as i can see
> (worse than usual drops in eye for significant eye test at
> hospital today .. i have two eyes and tehy work sid teh
> specialist .. grin) 
> 
> is this how it is supposed to be done ??
> 
> 
>