Question

With version 4 of TWiki, I can no longer us wget to download attachments. For example if I try download the following link:

wget http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewfile/Plugins/WorkflowPlugin?rev=1;filename=WorkflowPlugin_installer

I instead get the following file, which is an html file:

WorkflowPlugin?template=oopsaccessdenied;def=no_such_attachment;param1=viewfile;param2=?

Any suggestions?

Environment

-- ChrisPurves - 20 Sep 2006

Answer

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The file wouldn't download because bash thought the semicolon was the end of the command. Adding quotes fixed the problem:

wget 'http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewfile/Plugins/WorkflowPlugin?rev=1;filename=WorkflowPlugin_installer' downloaded the correct file. But then it named it as WorkflowPlugin?rev=1;filename=WorkflowPlugin_installer, so specifying the output file helped:

wget 'http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewfile/Plugins/WorkflowPlugin?rev=1;filename=WorkflowPlugin_installer' -O WorkflowPlugin_installer

That did what I wanted.

-- ChrisPurves - 20 Sep 2006

Try this: wget http://twiki.org/p/pub/Plugins/WorkflowPlugin/WorkflowPlugin.zip . Personally, I just have a saved clip of the url up to the web and then fill in the plugin topic name and attachment name. Works like a charm. BTW, this is the url that's created if you select "insert link to file in topic" option in the attachment dialog.

-- LynnwoodBrown - 20 Sep 2006