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Sslurp! 1.4 Released
(Retrieves Web Pages)

Michael Hohner just releases Sslurp! 1.4 Sslurp! 1.4 WWW mirroring tool;retrieves Web pages from a HTTP (WWW) server; can be configured to follow all hyperlinks leading to other pages on the same server; images can be retrieved as well; retrieved data is stored on disk for later viewing; needs HPFS; Proxy support; automated (command line) mode; PM application .Archive Filename: sslurp14.zip (67.58K), uploaded on Hobbes.

Sslurp! can retrieve Web pages from a HTTP (WWW) server. It can be configured to follow all hyperlinks on the page that lead to other pages on the same server. Images on the pages can be retrieved as well. All pages are stored on disk and can be viewed later using your web browser.

Sslurp! can make use of a proxy HTTP server, speeding up the whole procedure. Sslurp! requires at least one HPFS partition!

Sslurp! is Freeware, i.e. you can use and distribute it for free. However, you may not sell or rent it! Sslurp! is still copyrighted software.

How to install


Installation is simple. First, unpack the ZIP file (hey, you already did it!). Second, copy the files to some directory. Start the program. Select "Setup/Options" from the menu to configure the software. Press F1 to get help.

If you upgrade from a beta version and you like to keep your settings, you must rename SPIDER.INI or WSUCK.INI to SSLURP.INI!

Where to find the latest version


New versions are uploaded to these locations:

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming (will be moved to /pub/os2/internet,
so check both directories)

Mirrors of above server, e.g. ftp.leo.org in Europe.

ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro

To-Do list


This is a list of ideas for upcoming versions:

- Create a timeout handler. The TCP/IP-internal timeout feature is not implemented under OS/2 :-(
- Convert absolute links to relative links (now I think I should solvethis in a different way; stay tuned...)


Revision History (> 1.0)


Version 1.4:

# New user interface. Now a list of processed and pending URLs
is displayed. The status information is updated when the URL is processed.
* URLs with trailing "/" have matched any file name extension. Now these URLs only match with "html".
# Incomplete downloads are no longer recorded as "successful", i.e. they're re-loaded next time.


Version 1.3:

# Drop down list is closed when "Start" button is pressed.
# Pressing ENTER in the drop down list is equivalent to pressing the "Start" button.
* Colons in URLs are converted.
# Options are displayed in debug log messages


Version 1.2:

* Problems with downloading Applets.
* Extremely long HTML tags are now skipped. They may have caused crashes.
# Leading whitespace in URLs is now skipped.
* Some characters in URLs were unnecessarily converted for local storage.
* Exclusion by extension didn't work correctly.


Version 1.1:

* APPLET tag without CODEBASE attribute was not processed.
# Option "Max link level" does no longer apply to images and applets.
+ Possibility to exclude a set of link extensions from being downloaded.
+ "Use proxy" option is available as command line switch


CONTACT AUTHOR


Michael Hohner:
Internet: miho@n-online.de (new!)
Fidonet: 2:2490/2520.17

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