RE: User name and password

> From: Peter Gordon [SMTP:peter@valor.com]
>
> We have a program, not a browser, which we need to use to extract
> information from an http site. The only way out of the local site is
> through a proxy server which needs authentification. I need to pass
> the user name and password to the proxy server automatically.
>
        Shell out to wget or look at its source code. If you
        can accept the terms of the GPL licence, you can
        use that source code, otherwise just use it to work
        out the protocol.

        wget is available from the Free Software Foundation's
        archive.
Received on Wed Sep 29 1999 - 07:57:21 MDT