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  • Using WGET from basic

    From Paul Stewart@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, January 11, 2026 17:11:08
    Hi all,

    Recently started using WGET to fetch some files.
    Is it possible to call this from a basic program and it mulitask in the background?

    I have it working without issue from a basic program, it just single tasks whilst it's downloading. Currently using: -

    command$="wget "+webfilepath$+" -O "+scrapfilepath$+wgetoptions$ + " --show-progress"
    SYS"XWimp_StartTask",command$

    Added the --show-progress just so I can see it's doing something.

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  • From Harriet Bazley@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 12, 2026 01:28:21
    On 11 Jan 2026 as I do recall,
    Paul Stewart wrote:

    Hi all,

    Recently started using WGET to fetch some files.
    Is it possible to call this from a basic program and it mulitask in the background?

    You need to launch that sort of thing in a taskwindow if you want it to multitask. But then of course you will need some way to know when it is finished, because if it is multitasking that means that your program
    could also be taking other actions (i.e. receiving keypresses or Wimp
    messages) while wget is busy getting a file via the Web.

    !Infozip has a procedure called FNchildtask which launches a task (in
    the format "TaskWindow" plus command line options) and returns the task
    handle as the result of that function.
    It then listens out for the WIMP message TaskCloseDown (&400C3) with
    that task handle being broadcast, which means that the child task has
    finished and the application can now act upon its results. You need to
    make sure that you have included message &400C3 in the list of
    user messages specified during the Wimp_Initialise stage, though, or you
    will never receive it. :-)

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  • From Kevin Wells@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 12, 2026 18:23:16
    In message <3e719a995c.Paul@phorefaux>
    Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi all,

    Recently started using WGET to fetch some files.
    Is it possible to call this from a basic program and it mulitask in the >background?

    I have it working without issue from a basic program, it just single tasks >whilst it's downloading. Currently using: -

    command$="wget "+webfilepath$+" -O "+scrapfilepath$+wgetoptions$ + " >--show-progress"
    SYS"XWimp_StartTask",command$

    Added the --show-progress just so I can see it's doing something.


    If you write to the wget command to an obey file (feb) then do a

    OSCLI("Filer_Run path to obey file") that will return control to the
    computer straight away, then you would need to check to see that the
    file has been downloaded.

    If you use the -S -o switches which is -S the Server response and the -o
    is saves a log file, that could go in the same directory as the download perhaps call it log? And then you would need to check that the log file
    is closed.

    I presume their is a command for that?


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