Re: copy/paste URL for a tarball

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote:

> Starting here:
>
>  http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.3.5/
>
> How can I easily get this URL (or something similar) into my paste buffer:
>
>  ftp://ftp5.us.postgresql.org/pub/PostgreSQL/source/v8.3.5/postgresql-8.3.5.tar.bz2
>
> Did I miss something?

Possibly - or maybe I'm misunderstanding the question. On the flag
list you see having chosen a file to download, right-click the link
you want to use and copy the URL, eg:


http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/redir?http%3A%2F%2Fftp2.uk.postgresql.org%2Fsites%2Fftp.postgresql.org%2Fsource%2Fv8.3.5%2Fpostgresql-8.3.5.tar.bz2

wget will do the right thing with such a URL, and get the file you
want, from the mirror you've chosen.



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