Now in MAC OSX Lion, I am aware that URL Scripting is gone, and I am also aware that that used to be an easy way to do it. But how would you go about doing a script that could, say, download a .ZIP or .DMG file from the web? I assume you'd have to use cURL is some way?
There are numerous ways of doing it. You could use curl via do shell script
do shell script "curl -O http://some.server.net/some.file.zip"
I get this error:
| % Total | % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time | Time | Time Current |
| Dload Upload Total Spent | Left Speed |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- | 0Warning: Failed to create the file unstitcher.jar: Permission denied |
| 8 13352 | 8 1099 | 0 | 0 2369 | 0 0:00:05 --:--:-- 0:00:05 2635 |
curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 1099)
Also, how would I save that file?
Actually, I got it. Put it straight into mac HD without permissions 🙂
But how do you cURL it to a specific folder?
The -O/--remote-name stuff truncates the path, and uses your current default path. curl does offer the --output switch (as well as the capability to pick filenames via # syntax within --output, if you want fill control), or you can invoke a shell script that does a cd and then the curl-whatever within the same script. (Don't try to invoke a cd and then separately invoke curl. That won't do what you want.) See man curl for details, or visit the curl web site for all sorts of details on curl.
Boboonski wrote:
But how do you cURL it to a specific folder?
-o sets the output file for curl
man curl
A working AppleScript/cURL example posted recently. Works if you do not use with administrative privileges.
Applescript: Download files from the web? (LION)
