Short: URLs receipt via Shell
Author: pghezzo@dsi.unive.it (Piergiorgio Ghezzo)
Uploader: pghezzo@dsi.unive.it (Piergiorgio Ghezzo)
Version: 1.0
Type: comm/www

   In  these  hindmost  years  InterNet  has become the true fashion of the
informatic:  to the mother of all the nets, in fact, are added each day new
users,  inclined  by  ludicious  purposes  or  job  necessities.  Users has
discovered  how  it is possible to obtain each kind of information, in real
time,  at  a simple phone call cost (when necessary).  Each firm by now has
its  HTML  pages where publicizes its own products and establishes a direct
thread  with  the  costumers.   The  word  "NetSurfer"  has  been  created,
indicating  who  likes  travelling  with  the help of a browser between the
thousands of WWW existing pages on the net.

   Sometimes,  however,  it could happen that it is necessary to find out a
single page, an image or a file; so, surfing through the net with a browser
seems  to become harder and slower.  In these situations GetHTTP becomes an
indispensable friend!  Any example?


 ·  Using a predisposed script, it is possible to download the last world
    news  page  from the net, convert it in ASCII format and visualize it
    with a normal Text Viewer.

 ·  BBS  SysOps  could  have  on line the pages with the timetable of the
    trains, airplanes, undergrounds, always up-to-date.

 ·  With  the  help  of  a  script, it is possible to teach our mailer to
    download  a  file  announced  in a message, directly from its support
    site.

 ·  Equally, the tonight television programs list could be had.

   Only the imagination could limit the use of this program, chiefly useful
for Sysops that want to supply their users always up-to-date news.