Hey first post and going to start off with a noob question: How do I make it so I can do an: ...with my own file?

I have tried to upload a .tar file to multiple hosting sites such as drop.io and dropbox that don't make you insert a captcha before you get to dl the file. When I do an "wget URL" it downloads a weird file that doesn't remotely resemble the file I uploaded.

I am thinking the best way to overcome this problem is to host a file on one of my servers and just wget the path name? there's got to be some easier way that that?!

The reason I ask is to partially avoid another problem that maybe you guys could help me with. I have been writing some shell scripts to do various commands on my debian seedbox - mainly just creating users and directories among other things. I use Notepad++ in Windows and when I copy and paste into xtern via nano editor the spacing gets all messed up. It looks like it doesn't recognize new lines, looks something like this:
When it should be like this:
How can I overcome this? In notepad I tried going to Edit/EOL Conversion/UNIX format but no dice.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Maybe this can help:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap....html#contents

Is this one of those "the answer is here, find it yourself" response...or are you just providing a possible source of information? Because I can't find an answer to neither of my questions there!

Can't help on the apt-get part as I use SUSE which uses RPM.

For the editing, why are you using notepad++ which is a windows program to edit linux files? Just curious. Whay you might try is copying the entire file to linux and run the command "dos2unix" on it, then the file would have the correct formatting to paste into nano.

i have read briefly about this dos2unix command...do i need to install it first?

but it still goes back to the original problem. i cant access a custom file by me without first downloading it to the box through an wget command because it wont let me FTP with root (i dont have a user created yet, because that is what my script will be doing for me).

also, im assuming when you say suse uses RPM, that means its just a different command of wget? if so, the fact that you don't use the wget command shouldn't matter as it is still the same concept right?

EDIT: just realized I have been saying apt-get when it should be wget

Yes, you do. But it is easier just to use a linux editor to create your files. (Windows handles newlines differently from linux / unix)

As for offering files over the network, take a look at woof

I think that you COULD find information about "how to compile".

Just a suggestion

Is there anyway to get Notepad++ to handle linux files? I thought that is what the EOL setting was for, but guess not.

will woof work if it's not over the network? because my linux box is half way across the world

I know nothing about "notepad". Sorry.

What do you mean by "not over the network" if your linux box is distant, you are already using "the network"? woof works over any network: LAN, Internet, it doesn't care.

If you have a firewall between your LAN and the internet, then you'll have to open the port woof is using, and forward it to the PC woof is running on. Then the distant computer just connects to it, by connecting to your modem/router which forwards the request to the PC running woof.

It is simple, and "just works". Try it on your LAN first, then branch out.

not sure i understand this thread, but when i do remote administration i do it using ssh/ scp.

We all do, but the OP seems to want http://.... access. Not ssh or scp.

OK. He has been given the link(s) to enable this.

The OP was titled Create my own direct download link

I think that that is answered now.

I use Notepad++ for college and run it using wine(crossover) in linux at home just fine. There is also a setting (Settings -> Preferences -> New Document/Default Directory tab) to set the format to either mac, unix or windows. You could try setting it to unix and see if that sorts out the problem.

@Phunkymunky - I think you are talking about EOL Conversion right? I have it set to unix already, that fixed the wierd characters for the spaces but isn't working for the new line problems

about woof - I will look into this. when you said network, for some reason i thought it could only be done over LAN

@schneidz - are you saying there is an easy way to transfer a file from your computer to a server via SSH (such as putty)?

thanks for all your help guys, i think i am in the right direction thanks to you all. it looks like i have the info on how to get a file on my remote server easily through the use of woof, but still am wondering how to easily copy code from a windows environment into a unix.

you would need to use an scp client.

much the same way that ssh deprecates telnet due to security, scp deprecates ftp.

when i used to use windows, i had winscp for an scp client.

as for your text file conversions, can you please paste an example of what you are seeing so the rest of us can get a clue of what you are talking about. try running it thru od so we know what charecters are problematic like so:

You are running into the Windows vs Unix newline problem. Particularly if you are using ssh, I would suggest looking at using a text editor such as "vi". (Initially @$#%%$ then better than anything else)

From wikipedia:
Regards,
Stefan