Software for only downloading a file from a direct link in dos.

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dosgamer12

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Hello, I am writing a program for my friends who only have DOS laptops (with network drivers).
I'm trying to find a program to give to them so they can download what I have so far from a direct link (like sourceforge).

Basically, does anyone know a program for dos that'll let them download my program whenever it's updated?
 
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Microsoft' DOS did not have any such tools. But properly configured, one can map a network drive, and use simple copy/xcopy commands with a file share.

The "standard" command-line tool to fetch a file in Linux (with port for Windows) is wget, and curl. You have to see whether these tools have ports for Freedos. As @TerryLaze said - ftp is also an option, but you will need ftp client for Freedos as well.

Look for tools like lynx as well - your friends might be able to browse Sourceforge with it, and pull files directly.
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Alabalcho

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Microsoft' DOS did not have any such tools. But properly configured, one can map a network drive, and use simple copy/xcopy commands with a file share.

The "standard" command-line tool to fetch a file in Linux (with port for Windows) is wget, and curl. You have to see whether these tools have ports for Freedos. As @TerryLaze said - ftp is also an option, but you will need ftp client for Freedos as well.

Look for tools like lynx as well - your friends might be able to browse Sourceforge with it, and pull files directly.
 
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FTP is included in the freedos CD,along with stacks to make pretty much any network card work.
There is a lot of software on that cd but it's been a while so I don't really remember a lot.
Did use the ftp server/client to transfer some files from a win 8 system running dos in vmw to a clean dos machine though so I'm sure that at least will work.
 
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dosgamer12

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I figured out cURL, but another quick question: What service can i use to upload the file, and use a direct link in cURL to download it. Because even with redirects, it just downloads the HTML to a zip file.
 
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