[scilab-Users] URL read/write

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le mercredi 21 avril 2010 à 10:02 +0200, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :
> ----- Message d'origine ----- 
> De : Samuel Gougeon 
> Date : 21/04/2010 09:48: 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > ----- Message d'origine ----- 
> > De : H Carl 
> > Date : 20/04/2010 16:04: 
> > > I have been unable to find any SciLab commands that would allow
> > > reading/writing to a url.  Does that possibility exist?  It would
> > > be very helpful for taking advantage of a site's webservices. 
> > > Thanks.
> > You can use Curl that is embedded into scilab.
> > If you are using Scilab under Windows, here is an example :
> > URL="http://www-cgi.uni-regensburg.de/WWW_Server/Dokumentation/misc/CURL/curl.pdf";      
> > filename="curl_manual.pdf";
> > rep=unix(SCI+"/tools/curl/curl -o "+filename+" "+URL)
> > The file targetted by the URL will be recorded into the specified
> > local file.
> > If you are using another operating system, you just have to
> > customize the
> > path leading to the curl executable file.
> After the Sylvestre's remark, please note that, like it is presented
> on the curl main webpage,
> and like Scilab, 
> 
> 
> Curl is free and open software that compiles and runs under a wide
> variety of operating systems. 
> Curl exists thanks to efforts from many contributors.
> 
> Therefore, you can freely instal it on your machine, and use it
> through the unix() scilab's command.
> So, back-compatibility cannot be a concern.
Obviously but it is important to highlight that a Scilab script cannot
expect to find curl on every Scilab distribution ...

Sylvestre