lib/File/Fetch.pm

39 ### methods available to fetch the file depending on the scheme
41     http    => [ qw|lwp httptiny wget curl lftp fetch httplite lynx iosock| ],
43     ftp     => [ qw|lwp netftp wget curl lftp fetch ncftp ftp| ],
76     ### fetch the uri to cwd() ###
77     my $where = $ff->fetch() or die $ff->error;
79     ### fetch the uri to /tmp ###
80     my $where = $ff->fetch( to => '/tmp' );
93 It allows you to fetch any file pointed to by a C<ftp>, C<http>,
276 that is ready to be C<fetch>ed and returns it.
423 =head2 $where = $ff->fetch( [to => /my/output/dir/ | \$scalar] )
430     ### file fetch to /tmp, full path to the file in $where
431     $where = $ff->fetch( to => '/tmp' );
435     $where = $ff->fetch( to => \$scalar );
442 sub fetch {
458     ### plain old fetch
543     ### to fetch it.
870     ### fetch the file ###
873         return $self->_error(loc("Could not fetch '%1' from '%2'",
884 ### /bin/wget fetch ###
927         ### wget creates the output document always, even if the fetch
937 ### /bin/lftp fetch ###
1000         ### wget creates the output document always, even if the fetch
1012 ### /bin/ftp fetch ###
1056 ### use /bin/lynx to fetch files
1078             "Can not capture buffers. Can not use '%1' to fetch files",
1157 ### use /bin/ncftp to fetch files
1207 ### use /bin/curl to fetch files
1262 ### /usr/bin/fetch fetch! ###
1273     ### see if we have a fetch binary ###
1274     my $fetch;
1275     unless( HAS_FETCH and $fetch = can_run('fetch') ) {
1276         $METHOD_FAIL->{'fetch'} = 1;
1281     my $cmd = [ $fetch, '-q' ];
1306         ### wget creates the output document always, even if the fetch
1389 ### use /usr/bin/rsync to fetch files
1436 ### use git to fetch files
1524 File::Fetch is able to fetch a variety of uris, by using several
1531     http    => LWP, HTTP::Tiny, wget, curl, lftp, fetch, HTTP::Lite, lynx, iosock
1532     ftp     => LWP, Net::FTP, wget, curl, lftp, fetch, ncftp, ftp
1541 tried again. The C<fetch> method will only fail when all options are
1544 The C<fetch> utility is available on FreeBSD. NetBSD and Dragonfly BSD
1545 may also have it from C<pkgsrc>. We only check for C<fetch> on those
1589 Note: When $FTP_PASSIVE is true, C<ncftp> will not be used to fetch
1611 fetch files.
1661     fetch       => fetch
1676 =head2 I used 'lynx' to fetch a file, but its contents is all wrong!
1678 C<lynx> can only fetch remote files by dumping its contents to C<STDOUT>,
1684 between a 'successful' fetch and a custom error page.
1689 =head2 Files I'm trying to fetch have reserved characters or non-ASCII characters in them. What do I do?
1715 Please report bugs or other issues to E<lt>bug-file-fetch@rt.cpan.org<gt>.