[HLUG] converting wget script for windows

[Julian Robbins]

j michaelson wrote:
> hello all,
>
> sorry, this is kind of a windows question, but it is relevant to linux.
>
> i my last post i mentioned the synaptic thing where it can generate a
> script of wget commands for downloading the required packages. this is
> great if you know people running linux, but pretty useless if you only
> know windows users (which may be the case when i move to rural
> ireland). i know there is a version of wget that can be installed on
> windows, but ideally i'd like a way of doing it where i don't have to
> convince a windows user to install strange software on their computer.
>
> is there some kind of script that can be run on windows to download
> stuff? if so, does anyone have any idea of how to make a bash script
> that could convert the wget script into the windows kind of script?
Hi John

I'm not quite sure if its what you want, but have you looked at Cygwin? 
http://www.cygwin.com/

Its a means to run Linux on windows, ie just cmd line, or even full KDE 
if you wish. Fairly easy to setup, especially if you juts want command 
line stuff.

May be just what you want ...

Julian


>
> any suggestions?
>
> john.
>
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