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st: unable to download materials


From   Christopher F Baum <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: unable to download materials
Date   Fri, 28 May 2004 15:11:26 +0100

Mark wrote
>
>
> Hi Mark,
> I have tried that also. The problem with this route is that if I
> download a .hlp file, it gives the save option. However, if I click
> download by selecting, say, xtabond2.ado, it directly opens this file
> in the browser. Then I am forced to save it, open it again with
> notepad and do the save as procedure.

Good point - my browser behaves the same way. Unfortunately, there's
no hyperlink at RePEc that allows a "right-click-and-save-as" option.

Anybody out there have any suggestions on how to download from RePEc
without having the files open in the browser?

--Mark

> I am still at a loss. Also, the comp I am using has StataSE, which was purchased just a couple of weeks ago.
> Thanks again,
> Jeffry
>

I don't know what a 'right click and save as' option is, not having ever seen one of those, but there are numerous built-in utilities out there that can download files from HTTP servers without using a browser: e.g.

mac161:~/code kitbaum$ curl http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/ivreg2.ado > ivreg2.ado
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
100 64309 100 64309 0 0 65621 0 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 97858
mac161:~/code kitbaum$ curl http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/ivreg2.hlp > ivreg2.ado
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
100 33251 100 33251 0 0 46375 0 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 81842


On other systems I use (e.g. Solaris), 'curl' is not preinstalled, but 'wget' is. Aren't 'curl' or 'wget' available for Windows? They are both freeware, and I would think they could be run from the DOS command line. Either of them will do a perfect job of transferring files to the hard disk without Notepads, browsers, or concerns about file extensions.

Kit


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