# LWP-DOWNLOAD(1p) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       lwp-download - Fetch large files from the web

## SYNOPSIS
        lwp-download [-a] [-s] <url> [<local path>]

        Options:

          -a   save the file in ASCII mode
          -s   use HTTP headers to guess output filename

## DESCRIPTION
       The **lwp-download** program will save the file at _url_ to a local file.

       If _local_ _path_ is not specified, then the current directory is assumed.

       If _local_ _path_ is a directory, then the last segment of the path of the _url_ is appended to
       form a local filename.  If the _url_ path ends with slash the name "index" is used.  With the
### -s
       Content-Disposition header or any redirect URLs.  A file extension to match the server
       reported Content-Type might also be appended.  If a file with the produced filename already
       exists, then **lwp-download** will prompt before it overwrites and will fail if its standard
       input is not a terminal.  This form of invocation will also fail is no acceptable filename
       can be derived from the sources mentioned above.

       If _local_ _path_ is not a directory, then it is simply used as the path to save into.  If the
       file already exists it's overwritten.

       The _lwp-download_ program is implemented using the _libwww-perl_ library.  It is better suited
       to down load big files than the _lwp-request_ program because it does not store the file in
       memory.  Another benefit is that it will keep you updated about its progress and that you
       don't have much options to worry about.

       Use the "-a" option to save the file in text (ASCII) mode.  Might make a difference on DOSish
       systems.

## EXAMPLE
       Fetch the newest and greatest perl version:

        $ lwp-download <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz>
        Saving to 'latest.tar.gz'...
        11.4 MB received in 8 seconds (1.43 MB/sec)

## AUTHOR
       Gisle Aas <<gisle@aas.no>>



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