Re: Problems downloading tarball with curl

Christian Schaffner wrote:

> Why does it work on your computer and not on mine? What version of curl
> do you have? I have:
>
> % curl --version
> curl 7.10.7 (powerpc-apple-darwin6.6) libcurl/7.10.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7b
> ipv6 zlib/1.1.3
> Protocols: ftp gopher telnet dict ldap http file https ftps
> Features: IPv6 SSL libz NTLM
>

$ curl --version
curl 7.10.3 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7a zlib/1.1.4

Try running with '-v' to see the maze of redirects. I see this:

* About to connect() to subversion.tigris.org:80
* Connected to subversion.tigris.org (64.125.132.240) port 80
> GET /files/documents/15/6494/subversion-0.30.0.tar.gz HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.10.3 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
zlib/1.1.4
Host: subversion.tigris.org
Pragma: no-cache
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*

* Follow to new URL: http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentDownlo
ad?documentID=6494
   % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
                                  Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
^M 0 442 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:00 --:--:-- 0
* Connection #0 left intact
* Follows Location: to new URL: 'http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDo
cumentDownload?documentID=6494'
* Re-using existing connection! (#0)
* Connected to (64.125.132.240) port 80
> GET /servlets/ProjectDocumentDownload?documentID=6494 HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.10.3 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
zlib/1.1.4
Host: subversion.tigris.org
Pragma: no-cache
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Cookie: MDABack=http%3a%2f%2fsubversion.tigris.org%2ffiles%2fdocuments%2f15%2f64
94%2fsubversion-0.30.0.tar.gz%3frealm%3d80

^M 0 442 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:00 --:--:-- 0
* Connection #0 left intact
* Follows Location: to new URL: 'http://www.tigris.org/files/documents/15/6494/s
ubversion-0.30.0.tar.gz'
* About to connect() to www.tigris.org:80
* Connected to www.tigris.org (64.125.132.240) port 80
> GET /files/documents/15/6494/subversion-0.30.0.tar.gz HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.10.3 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.10.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
zlib/1.1.4
Host: www.tigris.org
Pragma: no-cache
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Cookie: MDAAuth=c53fbbc593d4a7085bc20e381e1a13dc3f73110cpostmaster@tigris.org!80
00!; JSESSIONID=7CD2470610BA588DF2B702FC94A37D15; MDABack=http%3a%2f%2fsubversio
n.tigris.org%2ffiles%2fdocuments%2f15%2f6494%2fsubversion-0.30.0.tar.gz%3frealm%
3d80

and then the file gets transferred...

John

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John Peacock
Director of Information Research and Technology
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
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