Network Code for ReactOS / Windows

[Stefan Naumann]

Hey there,

I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.

Thank you very much.

Regards Stefan Naumann

[Riccardo Bestetti]

An updater for ReactOS? It's something you can do by just downloading a file, it is
way more complex...
And if you can't even download a file from the Internet maybe you should dedicate
yourself to a easier project :)
Sorry if it sounds rude, it is not my intention, I'm just sleepy and I can't find
the right words...

Il giorno 05/mar/2013, alle ore 23:01, "Stefan Naumann"
<snaumann2912(a)yahoo.de> ha scritto:

>   Hey there,
>  
>  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
>  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
>  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
>  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
>  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
>  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
>  
>  Thank you very much.
>  
>  Regards Stefan Naumann
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Mario Frank]

Hey Stefan,

the updater task is really not trivial.
Depending on the download target, you would need to implement different
protocols.
For example, wget commonly uses http requests, sftp uses the  ftp and
scp uses ssh/ftp.

So, how exactly do you want to download files?
If you want to write an general purpose updater which handles multiple
download strategies, it will be
a good portion of software architecture to apply.

The best way to start could be an "easy" http-request downloader which
sends GET messages to the server.
The protocol is very well described.

Cheers,
Mario

Am 05.03.2013 23:07, schrieb Riccardo Bestetti:
>   An updater for ReactOS? It's something you can do
> by just downloading a file, it is way more complex...
>  And if you can't even download a file from the Internet maybe you should dedicate
> yourself to a easier project :)
>  Sorry if it sounds rude, it is not my intention, I'm just sleepy and I can't find
> the right words...
>
>  Il giorno 05/mar/2013, alle ore 23:01, "Stefan Naumann"
> <snaumann2912(a)yahoo.de> ha scritto:
>
> >   Hey there,
> >
> >  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
> >  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
> >  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
> >  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
> >  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
> >  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
> >
> >  Thank you very much.
> >
> >  Regards Stefan Naumann
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
> _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>

[Stefan Naumann]

Seriously, I thought this through. The only thing for me is that I
wanted the Updater to be finished or at least testable on Chemnitzer
Linux Tage on 16th March. And I haven't got any time for now reading
into WinSocks2 - which you might understand.

Regards.

Am 05.03.2013 23:07, schrieb Riccardo Bestetti:
>   An updater for ReactOS? It's something you can do
> by just downloading a file, it is way more complex...
>  And if you can't even download a file from the Internet maybe you should dedicate
> yourself to a easier project :)
>  Sorry if it sounds rude, it is not my intention, I'm just sleepy and I can't find
> the right words...
>  
>  Il giorno 05/mar/2013, alle ore 23:01, "Stefan Naumann"
> <snaumann2912(a)yahoo.de> ha scritto:
>  
> >   Hey there,
> >
> >  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
> >  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
> >  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
> >  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
> >  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
> >  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
> >
> >  Thank you very much.
> >
> >  Regards Stefan Naumann
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
>  
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>

[Mario Frank]

Well, in this case,

do you know the tool ebola?
It is a tool for fetching books divided in different html files and
converting into epub.
There is a windows version of the tool which contains an wget executable
for windows.

for convenience,
visit:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

This may help you.

Cheers,
Mario

Am 05.03.2013 23:18, schrieb Stefan Naumann:
>   Seriously, I thought this through. The only thing for
> me is that I
>  wanted the Updater to be finished or at least testable on Chemnitzer
>  Linux Tage on 16th March. And I haven't got any time for now reading
>  into WinSocks2 - which you might understand.
>
>  Regards.
>
>  Am 05.03.2013 23:07, schrieb Riccardo Bestetti:
> >   An updater for ReactOS? It's something you
> > can do by just downloading a file, it is way more complex...
> >  And if you can't even download a file from the Internet maybe you should dedicate
> > yourself to a easier project :)
> >  Sorry if it sounds rude, it is not my intention, I'm just sleepy and I can't find
> > the right words...
> >
> >  Il giorno 05/mar/2013, alle ore 23:01, "Stefan Naumann"
> > <snaumann2912(a)yahoo.de> ha scritto:
> >
> > >   Hey there,
> > >
> > >  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
> > >  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
> > >  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
> > >  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
> > >  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
> > >  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
> > >
> > >  Thank you very much.
> > >
> > >  Regards Stefan Naumann
> > >
> > >  _______________________________________________
> > >  Ros-dev mailing list
> > >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> > >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
> > _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> >  
>  _______________________________________________
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>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>

[Stefan Naumann]

Would be pretty overkill to have wget with my client-side Updater just
for getting files from a server. I haven't got enough time on my hand to
browse through the code of wget, so ... I'd probably have to do it on my
own. Thanks guys, great job. Continue the things, you were doing, when I
interupted you.

Regards

Am 05.03.2013 23:32, schrieb Mario Frank:
>   Well, in this case,
>  
>  do you know the tool ebola?
>  It is a tool for fetching books divided in different html files and
>  converting into epub.
>  There is a windows version of the tool which contains an wget executable
>  for windows.
>  
>  for convenience,
>  visit:
>  http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm
>  
>  This may help you.
>  
>  Cheers,
>  Mario
>  
>  Am 05.03.2013 23:18, schrieb Stefan Naumann:
> >   Seriously, I thought this through. The only thing
> > for me is that I
> >  wanted the Updater to be finished or at least testable on Chemnitzer
> >  Linux Tage on 16th March. And I haven't got any time for now reading
> >  into WinSocks2 - which you might understand.
> >
> >  Regards.
> >
> >  Am 05.03.2013 23:07, schrieb Riccardo Bestetti:
> > >   An updater for ReactOS? It's something you
> > > can do by just downloading a file, it is way more complex...
> > >  And if you can't even download a file from the Internet maybe you should dedicate
> > > yourself to a easier project :)
> > >  Sorry if it sounds rude, it is not my intention, I'm just sleepy and I can't find
> > > the right words...
> > >
> > >  Il giorno 05/mar/2013, alle ore 23:01, "Stefan Naumann"
> > > <snaumann2912(a)yahoo.de> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > >   Hey there,
> > > >
> > > >  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
> > > >  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
> > > >  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
> > > >  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
> > > >  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
> > > >  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
> > > >
> > > >  Thank you very much.
> > > >
> > > >  Regards Stefan Naumann
> > > >
> > > >  _______________________________________________
> > > >  Ros-dev mailing list
> > > >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> > > >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >  Ros-dev mailing list
> > >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> > >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> > >  
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
> >  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> >  
>  
>  
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>

[Pierre Schweitzer]

Hi,

have a look to: 
http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/base/applications/network/…

With my best regards,

On 03/05/2013 10:59 PM, Stefan Naumann wrote:
>   Hey there,
>
>  I'm doing an updater for ReactOS and I need code, that can download
>  files from a server - like a webserver. Something like wget under Linux.
>  I don't have the knowledge yet, to implement this on my own, so I used
>  for the updater-Server wget under Linux and wanted to ask you, whether
>  someone of you can help me here and write nice code, that is well
>  explained in comments, so I can learn from it and the updater gets finished.
>
>  Thank you very much.
>
>  Regards Stefan Naumann
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev 

-- 
Pierre Schweitzer<pierre(a)reactos.org>
System Administrator
ReactOS Foundation