Hongyi Zhao Wrote on Monday, January 02, 2012 10:51 PM On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:51:09 +0100, marco atzeri wrote: >> I think you misunderstood the curl documentation, in this way it works >> as you expect >> >> curl -L >> http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup-2.9.4321.exe >> -o ./miktex/setup/setup-2.9.4321.exe --create-dirs > >Thanks for your hints. But you can see the following explanations in the curl >documentation: > >-O/--remote-name Write output to a file named as the remote file > >Furthermore, in my case the destination folder, i.e, ./miktex/setup/, >already exists there, so I shouldn't trouble the --create-dirs option. >I only want to put the setup-2.9.4321.exe in the destination folder >without giving the destination filename, i.e, let curl use the filename >appeared in the remote site/webpage to name the downloaded file automatically. >Any hints for my purpose?>
cd <path> curl -O http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup-2.9.4321.exe cd - Works for me - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
