1 - Freeware
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This is FreeWare.  I am not responsible for any dammage caused by the use
or misuse of this archive (and what it contains).  See the documentation
for more informations.


2 - What is what
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The GrabURL archive contains 4 things:

GrabHTTP:
   Can download files using HTTP protocol. (ARexx host)

UrlManager:
   Keep a list of url. (ARexx host)

ScanHTML:
   Scan HTML files & create a list of urls.

GrabURL:
   ARexx prg using the 3 firsts prgs to grab lots of HTTP files.


3 - Installation
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Use the provided Installer script.  (Just click Install_English or
Install_Français icons).  The French installation does not install French
programs or documentation - only the installer script is in French.

If you can't or don't want to use the installer, just copy what's in the
bin directory somewhere in your path (ie AmiTCP:bin/).  GrabURL, ScanHTML
& UrlManager are all pure and can be made resident.  GrabURL.rexx can be
renamed GrabURL.  Adding the "s" protection bit on it will make it an
"executable".

Please read GrabURL.guide to configure GrabURL.  The 3 other documents are
more for the programmers or for the users who want to know what can really
be done.


4 - English?
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My primary language is French.  Forgive the bad syntax in the texts
included in this archive.

I wrote the documentation in English because I hate to download something
that seems good to see that there's only German documentation/program.
English is the most widely used language and that's the best way to reach
most of the people.


5 - Beta?
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This software is BETA.  It works extermely well on MY system:

      Amiga 4000/040 (25 MHz)
      8 megs FAST, 2 CHIP
      SpitFire SCSI card

I wrote GrabURL because I needed a utility like it but could not find any
meeting my needs.  The best one I got was GetURL.rexx by James Burton and
it is slow... (100% ARexx).

GrabURL uses 3 C compiled programs for the hard-on-the-CPU jobs and is in
ARexx itself.  This way, I good flexibility with good speed.  (And exactly
as I want it :-)

The source (and maybe the programs themselves) is quite dirty.  I want to
rewrite it completely (with lots of new features) but I don't have the time
right now.


6 - Comments
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If it crashes on your system, if you want more features, or just say
goodbye, you can do it to:

      Name:  Serge Emond
      EMail: emonds@jsp.umontreal.ca

I would really like comments and "Hi! I use your program and I like it!"
but I'm not fond of flames...

I don't have much time to spend to work on this but I'll do my best!


7 - Getting updates
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If you want to be sure to have the latest update, have a look on
http://www.jsp.umontreal.ca/~emonds/GrabURL.html