Re: pure zsh implementation of wget

[Guillaume Brunerie <guillaume.brunerie@xxxxxxxxx>]

2011/9/23 Guido van Steen <gvsteen@xxxxxxxxx>

> I would like to avoid depending on wget (for a package I maintain).
>

You do not want to depend on wget but don’t mind depending on zsh instead?
Are there any Linux distribution / UNIX-like operating system without wget
installed by default? (and with zsh by default)

Never mind, I was only wondering if it could easily be done in pure zsh. So,
> the answer is: "it won't be that easy"...
>
> --- On Fri, 23/9/11, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: pure zsh implementation of wget
> > To: "Guido van Steen" <gvsteen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Friday, 23 September, 2011, 1:57 PM
> > On 23 September 2011 07:23, Guido van
> > Steen <gvsteen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Thanks a lot! With these additions it also works for
> > me.
> > >
> > > How difficult would it be to make this handle https as
> > well?
> > >
> > > Is there any existing implementation that handles
> > https?
> >
> > You would probably need to make a zsh module for it using
> > some library
> > like openssl or gnutls. I suppose you could implement ssl
> > in pure
> > shell, but... why?
> >
> > --
> > Mikael Magnusson
> >
>