Xwget 0.5 for Puppy - help


Xwget is a simple tcl/Tk GUI frontend for the wget program for downloading or "getting" files from the internet.

Using Xwget

To download a file simply locate it on the internet and enter the full address into the field where it says ' Enter Address ', enter the name of the directory where you wish to save the file in the ' Enter Directory ' and then click on the ' Download File ' button under the Directory field.

Enter Address

There are three ways that the address can be entered:

1.  Type the address in full i.e.
       If the file you wish to download has the name, ' mydownload ' and the address is,
       http://www.adownload.com/pub/
       then what you must type in is:
       http://www.adownload.com/pub/mydownload
    Or if the address begins with ftp:// you must begin with ftp://.
    Do not omit any of the dots or slashes as they are all part of the address.

2. Grab the address from the Edit menu.
    This is done by:
    Holding down the left mouse button and swiping across the address to highlight it and then, in the     Xwget window, left clicking on the Edit menu button at the top left.
  
     From the dropdown menu click on Grab..
     This will paste the address into the Address field.

Here is an example of what you can do:

If the address is:
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/
you can highlight it and use Grab in Xwget to put it into your address field and to get the file i.e. puppy-1.0.4-mozilla.iso, highlight it and use grab again but ensure that the file is separated from  the address by a slash  /  , this should be the result:

 
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-1.0.4-mozilla.iso


3.  Copy and paste the address into the field.
       This can be done by holding down the left mouse button and swiping across the address to highlight it and then return to Xwget by placing the mouse pointer in the window and on your keyboard press the ' v ' key while holding down the ' Ctrl ' key, this will paste the address into the Address field.

You must undo the highlighting before you can recopy that address, if you do not redo the copy process you will receive an error message.

Enter Directory

The directory where you wish to save the downloaded file to has to be entered by hand.

Left click in the Directory field (or if you are in the the Address  field use the Tab key) and type in a path i.e.

/root/my-documents  or   /usr/local

you can use any directory that can be written to such as /root and its subdirectories or /usr and its subdirectories.
If you are not sure where to save files to, just leave the directory field blank and the file will be saved by default in /root.

Download Process

When you click on the Download button the terminal window will open displaying the details of the download, when the download is completed the window will close and the directory you have chosen or the default directory will open.
You will see the file you have downloaded in this directory.

Resume Download

In the event of an interruption to the download you can resume again by clicking on the Download File button. If the computer is turned off for any reason during a download just enter the same address and directory again and the download will pick up where it left off.

Error Messages

If you fail to put an entry in the address field an error message relating to that field will be displayed.
If you try to change the entry in either field you will receive error messages, close the program and restart it.

When the the download commences the terminal window will open displaying the details of the download, if there are any problems the window will display error messages.

Ian Mulgrew 2005 - 2006