So, what's another option, if not curl?<br><br>Ginters<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org">sylvestre.ledru@scilab.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Le mercredi 21 avril 2010 à 10:02 +0200, Samuel Gougeon a écrit :<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> ----- Message d'origine -----<br>
> De : Samuel Gougeon<br>
> Date : 21/04/2010 09:48:<br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> > ----- Message d'origine -----<br>
> > De : H Carl<br>
> > Date : 20/04/2010 16:04:<br>
> > > I have been unable to find any SciLab commands that would allow<br>
> > > reading/writing to a url. Does that possibility exist? It would<br>
> > > be very helpful for taking advantage of a site's webservices.<br>
> > > Thanks.<br>
> > You can use Curl that is embedded into scilab.<br>
> > If you are using Scilab under Windows, here is an example :<br>
> > URL="<a href="http://www-cgi.uni-regensburg.de/WWW_Server/Dokumentation/misc/CURL/curl.pdf" target="_blank">http://www-cgi.uni-regensburg.de/WWW_Server/Dokumentation/misc/CURL/curl.pdf</a>";<br>
> > filename="curl_manual.pdf";<br>
> > rep=unix(SCI+"/tools/curl/curl -o "+filename+" "+URL)<br>
> > The file targetted by the URL will be recorded into the specified<br>
> > local file.<br>
> > If you are using another operating system, you just have to<br>
> > customize the<br>
> > path leading to the curl executable file.<br>
> After the Sylvestre's remark, please note that, like it is presented<br>
> on the curl main webpage,<br>
> and like Scilab,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Curl is free and open software that compiles and runs under a wide<br>
> variety of operating systems.<br>
> Curl exists thanks to efforts from many contributors.<br>
><br>
> Therefore, you can freely instal it on your machine, and use it<br>
> through the unix() scilab's command.<br>
> So, back-compatibility cannot be a concern.<br>
</div></div>Obviously but it is important to highlight that a Scilab script cannot<br>
expect to find curl on every Scilab distribution ...<br>
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Sylvestre<br>
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