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I have a question and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction.
I know the IP address of a server I want to download a file from, and I know the path on the client hard disk I want to download it to. How could I use C++ to download a file? I have http, ftp or any other protocol available on the server. Should I start brushing up my TCP/IP knowledge?
I know the IP address of a server I want to download a file from, and I know the path on the client hard disk I want to download it to. How could I use C++ to download a file? I have http, ftp or any other protocol available on the server. Should I start brushing up my TCP/IP knowledge?
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>Should I start brushing up my TCP/IP knowledge?
Yes, unless you want to write a wrapper program.
wget is a program that simply gets a file from a url, and if you used a system() call to it, it would work. There's also a Windows version of wget at your disposal.
Yes, unless you want to write a wrapper program.
wget is a program that simply gets a file from a url, and if you used a system() call to it, it would work. There's also a Windows version of wget at your disposal.
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Hmm.. if you want to code this thign from scratch, you need to use some socket library. (like winsock for windows)
Maybe looking at this thread would help a bit:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread50205.html
Hope it helped, bye.
Maybe looking at this thread would help a bit:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread50205.html
Hope it helped, bye.
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