Short:        V2.4a, leeches web sites, etc.
Author:       Tim Corringham
Uploader:     Tim Corringham
Type:         comm/tcp
Replaces:     tcpdl.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

tcpdl is a program which downloads files from a http host.
It can follow links (across sites if required), and can be
configured to to ignore certain file types.

It makes full use of AmigaDOS multi-tasking, and can
download up to 15 files at a time. A status window reports
current activity.

tcpdl 2.4a includes the following changes from the previous
Aminet version:

- fixed a bug that caused non-text files to be downloaded even
  when the previously downloaded version was still current.

- reworked the code that deals with the http transfer. This should
  make the code more tolerant of strange replies from the server,
  and has paved the way for further improvements in the future.
 
- changed behaviour when URLs containing characters that are invalid
  in AmigaDOS file names are encountered. 

- changed behaviour when filenames are longer than allowed by the
  filesystem being used. Filenames are now simply truncated at 
  the maximum supported length (30 characters for FFS). The full
  URL without truncation will appear in HTML references.

- added the NOSAVE command line option. When specified this 
  prevents any downloaded files from being saved.

- added the DEBUG command line option.

- added new status messages

- previously, some temporary file were written to t:, which could 
  cause problems in low memory situations. All files are now 
  written to tcpdldir: so the user has control of the location
  of all files generated (even temporarily) by tcpdl.

- corrected display of current and total file sizes. Previously
  these were displayed only intermittently.

- corrected minor bug in the status display which caused columns
  not to be correctly aligned

- reduced memory usage slightly

- corrected a bug that could leave some files locked if an error
  occured during a download

tcpdlpp is a post processor for html files downloaded by
tcpdl, which converts all links to those files downloaded
to relative URLs. Links to files that have not been
downloaded are made to explicitly refer to the site where
they can be found.

tcpdlpp provides a summary of the number of occurances of
every link found, for both downloaded files and remote URLs.

Using these programs together allows you to make a local
copy of selected sites, which can then be browsed off-line.
Links to files that have not been downloaded can be followed
when you are on-line.