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Old 12-02-2014, 01:44 AM   #1
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Download the newest file


Hello! As I wrote in the topic; how to download (by wget or something) the newest package from given HTTP directory? Package looks like "package_v14.14.0.tar.gz".
 
Old 12-02-2014, 01:50 AM   #2
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Code:
wget http;//url.of.site/path/to/package_123.tar.gz
... should do it.
 
Old 12-02-2014, 03:51 AM   #3
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wget http;//url.of.site/path/to/package_123.tar.gz
... should do it.
You dont't understand. I have many files in some directory. I want to write a script which downloads the newest file.
 
Old 12-02-2014, 03:55 AM   #4
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you need to find a way to know the newest, http is not the right way (you may or may not read directory content and you cannot modify it from the client side)
 
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Old 12-09-2014, 06:28 AM   #5
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Solution is like this:
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wget -q -O releases.html http://your.page/directory/
cat releases.html | grep -o your_packages.*your_extension | sed 's/..............$//' | tail -1
 
Old 12-09-2014, 07:58 AM   #6
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wget -O - http://... | grep -o ... | sed ... | tail
but I'm not really sure about the result. Does it always return the latest?
 
Old 12-09-2014, 08:09 AM   #7
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this web directory is sorted by modified date:
http://schneidz.noip.me/temp/?C=M;O=A

perhaps you can scrape the html to wget the last entry ?
 
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As you can see from the above, there is no universal way to do it. You need to tailor your solution to the particular server you're pulling data off of. How do you know one file is newer than another? Are there version numbers? Modification dates? How are things named?

First determine how YOU would identify the newest file, and then write a set of instructions that will allow a script to do the same.
 
  


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