Re: wget from System i

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use httpapi, does the job of wget.
You can use to "trigger" some process, not like a DataBase trigger.  In 
the target computer you write a "CGI" program that verifiies the caller 
and if acceptable then it runs a program.


Jeff Crosby wrote:

> If this is the wrong list, point me elsewhere.
>
> A contractor is doing a website product search for us (not live yet).  I am
> creating the search files on the System I and FTPing them to our godaddy
> website.  I have this working.
>
> The contractor says he needs a trigger of some sort to indicate the file
> uploads are complete.  He suggested wget.  I'd never heard of wget and what
> I read about it sure didn't sound like a 'trigger' but that's probably just
> me. :)
>
> The archives seem to suggest either geturi or httpapi can function as a
> wget.  Sound reasonable?  I'm still having brainlock on how a utility
> designed to copy webpages functions as a trigger, but as I said that's
> probably just me.
>
> Thanks.
>
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