Re: [viewvc-dev] Project file down via command line tool ?

On 06/16/2011 12:16 PM, Neal Horman wrote:
> This is F*** STUPID.
> 
> Do really expect that no will want to down load a file off of a project 
> site using a command line tool like fetch, curl, or wget?
> Your impossible number of redirects is just plain BUSTED.
> So I have to download the file on a desktop machine client, then 
> transfer that file to the server machine.
> 
> I'll say it again.
> That is just F*** frustratingly STUPID.
> 
> PLEASE MAKE IT SO THAT COMAND LINE TOOLS WORK !

Hrm.  One might ask about your own expectations, such as the one that
apparently leads you to believe that a post with this kind of tone will earn
you a shred of sympathy or a response at all.  Fortunately, we rise above
around here.

Tigris.org's redirect-happy Documents tool is a well-known shortcoming.
Fortunately for you, the ViewVC project mirrors all its release archives at
http://www.viewvc.org/<RELEASE-ARCHIVE-NAME>, which responds as expected to
wget/curl/fetch/etc.

{{{
% wget http://www.viewvc.org/viewvc-1.0.12.tar.gz
--2011-06-16 13:04:52--  http://www.viewvc.org/viewvc-1.0.12.tar.gz
Resolving www.viewvc.org... 66.146.219.98
Connecting to www.viewvc.org|66.146.219.98|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 523289 (511K) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `viewvc-1.0.12.tar.gz'

100%[======================================>] 523,289      566K/s   in 0.9s

2011-06-16 13:04:53 (566 KB/s) - `viewvc-1.0.12.tar.gz' saved [523289/523289]
%
}}}

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