-=> Cykros wrote to Mikesla <=-   
      
    Cy>   Re: Downloading files to my Webhost server.   
    Cy>   By: Mikesla to All on Fri Jun 24 2011 01:12 pm   
      
    >  Okay this is what I am wanting to do. I wish to download files to my   
    > webhost without having to download then upload to it.   
    >   
    > Okay now that I have said that, I know all about Putty, it works very well   
    > but what I am needing is something like a web-browser within my webhost   
    > which I can then use to login to forums, and sites I visit so I can   
    > download files which I need to be logged in to do.   
    >   
    > From what I've noticed Putty will not do this.   
    >   
    > So what do you folks think?   
      
    Cy> Well, you gave very little information regarding your setup, but if you   
    Cy> are using a linux/unix webhost (which, if you're using putty to connect   
    Cy> to it, is at least somewhat more likely than it being a windows host),   
    Cy> you could always use your normal web browser, copy links to files you   
    Cy> want downloaded, and then use the program "wget" on your webhost (via a   
    Cy> putty ssh connection) to instruct your server to download the files.   
    Cy> You should also be able to script this process, if, say, you want to   
    Cy> download a whole bunch of different files, using a text file list of   
    Cy> the links to said files.  And I'm sure my overview doesn't tell you   
    Cy> exactly how to do it, but the manual page on that matter should do the   
    Cy> job ("man wget" should bring that up on your webhost...if it doesn't,   
    Cy> it's not installed, and not knowing your architecture/OS, I can't be of   
    Cy> much help there...though the manual page should also be findable with a   
    Cy> web search).   
      
    Cy> Anyway, hope that gets you somewhere. Good luck.   
      
    Cy> Cykros   
      
      
    Hi Cykros.   
      
    Putty works fine, the unfortunate thing about trying to transfer files say   
   from a website that requires you to be logged in before you start downloading   
   files is the problem I am facing. Using Putty, and wget protocol works very   
   well, the unfortunate side effect is that even if I clip, and paste into putty   
   the game download link even with myself being logged in at the time, the IP of   
   course is different, and the website recognizes this, and will not allow the   
   download to take place.   
      
    This is why if there was a script of some sort which can be used on my webhost   
   server, which then I can loggin from my webshost, and transfer the files than   
   all of my problems be solved, and I don't think that there is anything made yet   
   to do this.   
      
   Now, My website is run with Joomla 1.5x, and I am asking if anyone here knows   
   of a backend script which could do this?   
      
   Anyway, I can hope I suppose. :)   
      
   Cheers.   
      
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