Web Commander
Web Commander
Basics | Features |
Release Notes |
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Binary | Help and Screen Shots
The
Web Commander is a Win32 application for getting, saving, and
deleting documents remotely using HTTP/1.1. It allows the user to explicitly
control the metadata describing the document to save including the language,
type, charset, etc.
The Web Commander is part of the the libwww - the W3C
Sample Code Library and is available in both
source and
binary versions.
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Author(s)
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Henrik Frystyk Nielsen
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Status
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An example application for libwww.
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Plans
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New releases follow the releases of libwww with
no exception.
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Platforms
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It runs on Win32 - it's a Windows specific GUI application
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Getting the Source Code
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The Web Commander comes as an integral part of the
libwww distribution package but
you can also get the binary version
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Forums
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Discussions on libwww and its example applications take place on
<www-lib@w3.org>
(archives). See
the documentation for how to subscribe.
As an exception, the Web Commander is provided as a binary as well
as source. In binary form, you
must first download it and then install it as explained below.
Download and Verify Binary
Download the latest precompiled binary version here:
All binary versions are signed with
PGP. The zip file containing
the software should always be accompanied by a .sig file containing
a valid PGP signature for the file. I have signed the binary
myself using my own key with
ID 1F71508D. You can also
get this key from the key servers.
Install Binary
In order to install the binary version, complete the following steps:
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Unzip the distribution file into your preferred location. All files in the
zip file are packaged under the "bin" folder, so you may want to
extract it into C:\, for example. That way, the Web Commander will
end up as "C:\bin\WinCom.exe".
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There is no installation wizard, but if you want to make a desktop shortcut
then you can make a shortcut in the "bin" folder and drag it to
the desktop.
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If ever you want to uninstall the Web Commander then just delete the
"bin" folder (make sure that you don't have anything else there,
of course)
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Save a document from local disk, another HTTP server, or an FTP server onto
your HTTP/1.1 server
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Delete and Get documents on your favorite HTTP/1.1 server
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Explicit control over metadata describing the source that you are saving
like language, charset, etc.
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Support for version conflict detection - solves the lost update problem
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Support for proxies including ssh tunnelling
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See also the screen shots for samples and
help
Henrik Frystyk Nielsen,
@(#) $Id: Overview.html,v 1.9 1998/09/24 19:32:13 frystyk Exp $