Re: lynx-dev Two wishes regarding downloading

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Jens Schleusener wrote:

> often I use "lynx" to download software. But I miss (or have overseen) two
> features that I like while using my "corresponding" FTP-client "ncftp":
> 
> - preserving the original file modification date/time
> - writing a download log file (host, filename, download date/time, ...), 
>   so I can find later where I fetched certain files/archives.

Both are unimplemented.  I suggest you use a tool for this which is better
for this purpose for example the "wget" program.  (Or send patches for
lynx...)  For newer lynx versions, you can invoke wget from within lynx on
a link with the EXTERN command, with the right EXTERNAL: lines in lynx.cfg
(if compiled with USE_EXTERNALS).

If you only want to use lynx -

For the first function, you might consider using lynx -mime_header, and
then parsing any "Last-Modified:" and/or "Date:" headers in a script
after downloading.

For the second, you could in principle write your own DOWNLOADER: script
(but the original time stamp is currently not available to such scripts).

> Are there corresponding features available for "lynx" or in a "wish list"? 

There is at least one wish list somewhere on the web, but I don't have
the URL available.

> Greetings
> 
> Jens

Frohe Weihnachten,

   Klaus