Giuseppe, Thanks for your response. Unfortunately it doesn't work with > NUL or > nul (tried both). The trigger file contains nothing so I have no idea why it is creating it?!
Regards, Joe -----Original Message----- From: Giuseppe Scrivano [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Giuseppe Scrivano Sent: 21 December 2010 13:25 To: Wines Joe IM Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] wget creating file I am not sure how this can be achieved under Windows. If you don't need a GET request but a HEAD request is enough, then you can use --spider. IIRC, the shell under Windows provide NUL, which can emulate /dev/null somehow. I don't have a Windows system here to try it, but you can. Does: wget .... -O- > NUL do the job? Giuseppe Wines Joe IM <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > Can you please help? > > My command is: > wget --tries 1 --no-check-certificate "http://server:8080/trigger"; > --post-data="code=12345&pvob-name=VOB&stream-name=STREAM" -o > "C:\Temp\CIBuild.log" > > The command is creating a file called "trigger" when I run this in the c.w.d. > How can I stop it creating this file? (Presumably it is picking up "trigger" > from the URL). > Below is the output from a cmd-prompt: > > C:\>wget --tries 1 --no-check-certificate "http://server:8080/trigger"; > --post-data="code=12345&pvob-name=VOB&stream-name=STREAM" -o > "C:\Temp\CIBuild.log" > SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc > syswgetrc = C:\Program Files\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc > > C:\>dir > Volume in drive C is System > Volume Serial Number is E460-B2A1 > > Directory of C:\ > > 21/03/2010 14:15 1,024 .rnd > 22/09/2008 11:25 <DIR> ADFS > 01/08/2008 11:22 0 AUTOEXEC.BAT > 01/08/2008 12:16 <DIR> CMPNENTS > 01/08/2008 11:22 0 CONFIG.SYS > 13/04/2010 15:23 <DIR> Documents and Settings > 01/08/2008 12:16 <DIR> I386 > 22/09/2008 11:29 <DIR> Inetpub > 19/12/2010 00:30 <DIR> mvfslogs > 09/03/2010 11:21 <DIR> Networker > 20/12/2010 09:46 <DIR> Program Files > 20/12/2010 14:27 <DIR> temp > 20/12/2010 15:00 0 trigger > 09/12/2010 13:57 <DIR> WINDOWS > 01/08/2008 11:22 <DIR> wmpub > 3 File(s) 147,989 bytes > 11 Dir(s) 13,322,190,848 bytes free > > C:\> > > The C:\Temp\CIBuild.log file was created successfully and contains: > > --2010-12-20 15:00:00-- http://server:8080/trigger > Resolving server... 10.107.61.132 > Connecting to server|10.107.61.132|:8080... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 202 Successfully activated trigger > "Cabs Build Trigger" > Length: 0 > Saving to: `trigger' > > 0K 0.00 =0s > > 2010-12-20 15:00:00 (0.00 B/s) - `trigger' saved [0/0] > > Regards, > Joe > Joe Wines | SCM Tools Administrator > LU Information Management | Faith Lawson House, 4rd Floor | 15-17 Dacre > Street | London SW1H 0DJ > Tel: 020 7126 1148 | Auto: 61148 | Email: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > *********************************************************************************** > The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. Transport for London hereby exclude any warranty and any liability > as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this email and any attached > transmitted files. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that you > have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, > forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited., If you > have received this email in error please notify [email protected]., This > email has been sent from Transport for London, or from one of the companies > within its control within the meaning of Part V of the Local Government and > Housing Act 1989. Further details about TfL and its subsidiary companies can > be found at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ourcompany, This footnote also confirms > that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. > ***********************************************************************************
