Using perl how do you write a script to copy a remote file into your own site

Using perl how do you write a script to copy a remote file into your
own site. In my situation want to copy a rss feed from
http://remoteserver/news.xml for example.

Marcos

"ARGENTINA" <sjprec@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f2747eca.0412290510.f238d00@posting.google.com...
> Using perl how do you write a script to copy a remote file into your
> own site. In my situation want to copy a rss feed from
> http://remoteserver/news.xml for example.

http://search.cpan.org is usually a good place to start.

For just saving a file off the web, I would recommend using LWP::Simple.
For working with RSS feeds, go to the above site and search for RSS, and
use whichever module looks best suited to your task.

Paul Lalli

On 29 Dec 2004 05:10:08 -0800, sjprec@yahoo.com (ARGENTINA) wrote:

>Using perl how do you write a script to copy a remote file into your
>own site. In my situation want to copy a rss feed from
>http://remoteserver/news.xml for example.
>
>Marcos


use LWP::Simple;

# The following functions are provided (and exported) by this module:

get($url)
# The get() function will fetch the document identified by the given
# URL and return it. It returns undef if it fails. The $url argument
# can be either a simple string or a reference to a URI object.

head($url)
# Get document headers. Returns the following 5 values if successful:
# ($content_type, $document_length, $modified_time, $expires, $server)

getprint($url)
# Get and print a document identified by a URL. The document is
# printed to the selected default filehandle for output (normally
# STDOUT) as data is received from the network. If the request fails,
# then the status code and message are printed on STDERR. The return
# value is the HTTP response code.

getstore($url, $file)
# Gets a document identified by a URL and stores it in the file. The
# return value is the HTTP response code.



jbl