HTGET
(ver 1.06)
Abandoned Freeware


HTGET is a WATTCP HTTP downloader for DOS that allows you to download 
any stuff from a HTTP server.  You must have a "WATTCP.CFG" file in 
the same directory as HTGET.  The Wattcp file needs to first be 
configured with your IP information.  Remember to define a nameserver if 
you want to resolve hostnames.  Then to use the program, just run as:


		htget URL


where URL is a document on the Web that you want to fetch.  The initial
http:// can be omitted.  The returned document, if there is no error,
is sent to standard output.  Use > redirection or -o to save to a
file if this is desired. If an error occurs, the error code is printed
to stderr.

If the environment variable HTTP_PROXY is set to the host:port of
a proxy server, then htget will use that. In this case the http://
prefix of the URL cannot be omitted.

At the moment HTGET handles responses from HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 servers
only. Are there any HTTP/0.9 servers still in use?


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1.06    HTGET is sending a "Host" header along with its requests. That way
        it becomes compatible with "virtual host" servers. Patched by
        Mateusz Viste <mateusz@viste-family.net>.  Note, that the original 
        author doesn't take care of the program anymore. The current 
        maintainer is Mateusz Viste <mateusz@viste-family.net>.

1.05    Unknown changes (documentation lost)

1.04    Unknown changes (documentation lost)

1.03    Unknown changes (documentation lost)

1.02	Jeff Patterson suggested a running count of bytes fetched for
	long transfers.

1.01	Merged contributed code by Yury Semenov <yury@petre.odessa.ua>
	to go through a proxy.
	Set environment variable HTTP_PROXY to host:port of proxy.

1.00	If 301 or 302 response, print the Location line.

	Accept HTTP/1.1 resposes too.

	Link with latest version of Wattcp library to get fixes.
	Probably have no effect on this program but anyway...

	Final version.

0.99	Provide a manual page.

	Bug fix: if no Content-Length line, read until EOF

	Disable -m if -h specified. It will be ignored by the server
	anyway.

	Warn if continuation line seen. Fortunately the only header
	line we are interested in, Content-Length, is very unlikely
	to span lines.

0.98	Add -o filename option to save to a file.

	Add -m to send If-Modified-Since with date of file in -o.

	Use getopt instead of doing argument parsing oneself.

0.97	Add -v flag to print some progress messages.

	Add -p ident:password to allow authorisation to be sent.


0.96	Add reference to RFC1945. Correct some resource URLs.

	Note that HTTP/0.9 servers not handled.

	Bound sock_getline loop by buffer length.

	Print warning if actual length != content length.

	Return non-zero status if failed to fetch document.

	Identify user agent as HTGET-DOS to avoid confusion with
	other HTGET.

0.95    First release by Ken Yap