Hi I am new to programming and was wondering if there was a website
that has a list of commands and what they do. I want to write a
program that will download certain types of files off the web (from a
certain website) but I am not sure how to do this.
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Mike wrote: Hi I am new to programming and was wondering if there was a website
that has a list of commands and what they do. I want to write a
program that will download certain types of files off the web (from a
certain website) but I am not sure how to do this.
The C++ language has no commands. And it is not particularly suitable for
the thing you want to do. There is a tool called wget and several others,
which do just what you want. I am afraid you would need to learn just too
much from C++ to do what you want to do. But other, easier to learn,
languages like Python, Perl etc. might give you just want you want, out of
the box.
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WW aka Attila
"WW" <wo***@freemail.hu> wrote in message
news:bl**********@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi... Mike wrote: Hi I am new to programming and was wondering if there was a website
that has a list of commands and what they do. I want to write a
program that will download certain types of files off the web (from a
certain website) but I am not sure how to do this.
The C++ language has no commands. And it is not particularly suitable for
the thing you want to do. There is a tool called wget and several others,
which do just what you want. I am afraid you would need to learn just too
much from C++ to do what you want to do. But other, easier to learn,
languages like Python, Perl etc. might give you just want you want, out of
the box.
As far as Python is concerned; it has everything that Mike needs out of the
box.
--
Peter van Merkerk
peter.van.merkerk(at)dse.nl
Peter van Merkerk wrote: "WW" <wo***@freemail.hu> wrote in message
news:bl**********@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi... Mike wrote: Hi I am new to programming and was wondering if there was a
website that has a list of commands and what they do. I want to
write a program that will download certain types of files off the
web (from a certain website) but I am not sure how to do this.
The C++ language has no commands. And it is not particularly
suitable for the thing you want to do. There is a tool called wget
and several others, which do just what you want. I am afraid you
would need to learn just too much from C++ to do what you want to
do. But other, easier to learn, languages like Python, Perl etc.
might give you just want you want, out of the box.
As far as Python is concerned; it has everything that Mike needs out
of the box.
Cool. Thanx for that. I did not have the time yet to "master" Python.
Mike! You can find Python at http://www.python.org
--
WW aka Attila
Mike wrote: Hi I am new to programming and was wondering if there was a website
that has a list of commands and what they do. I want to write a
program that will download certain types of files off the web (from a
certain website) but I am not sure how to do this.
As someone else has stated, the program to do this already exist.
However if you wanted to reinvent the wheel, per say, you will need to
learn the standard C++ API (not commands) as well as the networking API
of the system you are targeting. This could be winsock for windows or
sockets for Unix.
This will get you started: http://www.litho.ucalgary.ca/opt/SPRO/stdlib/
But I suggest you find a C++ tutorial as well.
NR
"Noah Roberts" <nr******@dontemailme.com> wrote in message
news:bl**********@quark.scn.rain.com...
As someone else has stated, the program to do this already exist.
However if you wanted to reinvent the wheel, per say
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