downloading script

bjseiler

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I had this problem and somebody else had the same so here is how I was able to download directadmin.

Every time I tried running the wget from the command line, it gave me errors so I just make a shell script to do it and then it worked for some reason.

Create a file get.sh and chmod 755 it.

#!/bin/sh
wget https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/daupdate?lid=0000\&uid=000 -O /usr/local/directadmin/update.tar.gz

This only on two lines, make sure it is only on two lines in your editor.

at the prompt, run ./get.sh and it should work. Obvoiusly, replace the 000's with your lid and uid.
 
Let me clarify,

#!/bin/sh is on one line
everything else is on the next
 
Hello,

FreeBSD doesn't come with wget, it only has fetch, *but* fetch doesn't support https, which is needed for the download, SO, do the following first:

pkg_add -r wget

John
 
Thanks! I was beating my head against the wall trying to get this to work. It downloaded something when I put quotes around the URL, but it definitely wasn't the full download. Putting it in a script worked.
 
Hello,

I'm currently working on a much nicer download script that is OS independant (freebsd or redhat) and doesn't require any of that mess. :D Just download one file, run, and follow directions.

John
 
Hehe, the "mess" is from our installer.. the whole wget ?uid=123\&lid=1234 -O really long path.. etc etc.. is the mess im referring to :) ... new method:

get and run:
setup.sh

:D

John
 
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