At 22:14 +0100 2/10/11, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Lee Elcocks wrote:
>
>> I need to download a file from server, and put the file in a different directory, i think this is done woth the -o command, is this correct?
>>
>> I.E. -o C:\test\downloadedfiles\
>
>-o needs to specify the full target file name, not just the directory.

IE

cd C:\test\downloadedfiles\ ; curl -O http. . .

But then I really don't understand that C: stuff. The semicolon means immediately start the second command right after the change directory command. The capital O asks curl to get the short name from the URL and use it in the current working directory.

You might also have a look at curl's {1,2] notation that would let you do things like:

curl -o /home/downloads/file#1 http://somedomain/somedirectory/file[1,2]

where the # refers to first the 1 and then the 2 in the brackets to download multiple files. And be careful. I may have that syntax wrong. It's in the man page. Could that be faked to put a single file between the brackets and just #1 in the -o argument? Perhaps.

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