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Re: How do I read the version on this web page?

From: ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo_at_zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 11:44:57 -0800

On 1/3/19 10:43 AM, Jan Stary wrote:
> On Jan 03 10:26:13, ToddAndMargo_at_zoho.com wrote:
>> On 1/3/19 2:38 AM, Jan Stary wrote:
>>> On Jan 03 06:59:24, dolan2go_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>> Problem: I can't figure out how to download that part
>>>>> of the web page that include the version.
>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Hard to say, as you don't say what exactly you are doing.
>>
>> I am trying to see if there has been a revision change
>
> What exactly are you doing regarding curl?
> (Read: exactly what command are you running?)

curl
https://www.eset.com/us/business/endpoint-security/windows-security/download
-o -

The web page is written to a variable in Perl 6. Then I analyze
what comes back looking for the new revision.

>
>>>> How is Firefox seeing the 7.0.2091.0?
>>>
>>> The webpage does some naive matching of your user agent string
>>> (such as "Firefox X.Y.Z / Windows 10") and based on that
>>> offers this version or another.
>>
>> I can't see the revision in Firefox's Page Source either
>
> It's probably written out by some of the JS code.

I was afraid of that

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Received on 2019-01-03