On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Xavier Fernandez wrote:

> curl -o 'destination file' -x 'Proxy address' -U 'Proxy userid/password' "
> http://www.webaddress.com/file-tobe-downloaded"

> I want send and email automatically (using for exemple blat.exe) when curl
> fails to donwload the file

curl returns a non-zero exit code that you should be able to check.

Otherwise you could possibly use -f and then count on the fact that curl won't
create any destination file if it failed. Or perhaps use -w and one of the
informationals to extract info from the download.

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