LWP-DOWNLOAD(1)	     User Contributed Perl Documentation      LWP-DOWNLOAD(1)



NAME
       lwp-download - Fetch large files from the web

SYNOPSIS
	lwp-download [-a]  []

DESCRIPTION
       The lwp-download program will down load the document specified by the
       URL given as the first command line argument to a local file.  The
       local filename used to save the document is guessed from the URL
       unless specified as the second command line argument.

       The lwp-download program is implemented using the libwww-perl library.
       It is better suited to down load big files than the lwp-request pro-
       gram because it does not store the file in memory.  Another benefit is
       that it will keep you updated about its progress and that you don't
       have much options to worry about.

       Use the "-a" option to save the file in text (ascii) mode.  Might make
       a difference on dosish systems.

EXAMPLE
       Fetch the newest and greatest perl version:

	$ lwp-download http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz
	Saving to 'latest.tar.gz'...
	11.4 MB received in 8 seconds (1.43 MB/sec)

AUTHOR
       Gisle Aas 



perl v5.8.5			  2005-02-21		      LWP-DOWNLOAD(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. as
2. lwp-request
3. file
4. perl