Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] New option: --rename-output: modify output filename with perl

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Tim Ruehsen <address@hidden> writes:

>> Niwt apparently uses "an HTTP-based protocol" to communicate between
>> plugins.
>
> Any protocol has it's pros and cons. So why not doing it the same/similar way 
> as Micah does ? That seems to be intuitive - dumping the original HTTP 
> headers 
> and add your extension (e.g. 'X-Wget-Filename: directory/filename').
>
> An additional Version: header as the first line to interpret makes even a 
> radical protocol change possible (instead the program could be called with a 
> --protocol-version command-line param).

what do you think about passing this information trough environment
variables? For example, "Server: foo\r\n" will be turned into
setenv ("HTTP_SERVER", "foo") by wget before exec the external program.

It will work as CGI, the main advantage is that the filter program will
not have to parse the file.

Giuseppe