From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Program that connects to internet
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2002 20:22:53 +0100
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Hello.

Derek wrote:
> I'm a beginning/intermediate C++ programmer. I want to make a program
> that can connect to my web site and download a file to my hard drive.
> 
> Does this require me to embed the entire HTTP and FTP protocols in my
> program?
[snip]

No. You could use a program like GNU wget or curl to handle the HTTP and FTP
protocols for you. Your program would invoke wget/curl/whatever with the
appropriate arguments. (I've used this technique successfully with pakke
(formerly called "zippo"), a package manager for DJGPP that can automatically
download packages using HTTP or FTP. I used wget.)

There are lots of libraries out there for the HTTP and FTP protocols, but the
problem you'll have with DJGPP is that there are no networking libraries that
work with all the platforms DJGPP runs on.

Hope that helps, regards,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]

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