srcforge

This script allows you to easily automate the downloading of the latest version of any sourceforge project (as stored up to 31/12/2006) from any of sourceforge server by having it parse the web pages for the project and extract the latest release. It supports connecting through a proxy if either the environment variable HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy is defined. Also, downloads can be resumed like wget, in case the download is abruptly terminated. If .md5 checksums are available, they will also be downloaded and verified using ruby's digest/md5.

Use: srcforge -h to obtain a list of the latest command-line switches.

If on windows and using cygwin, use "srcforge.cmd".

Common Usage:

   > srcforge [options] <project>

where is a valid sourceforge project, as named in the http://sourceforge.net/projects/.

The default behavior of the script is to try to to download files through a proxy if possible and to download binary files for your platform and That is, .exe's or .zip's for windows, and tar.gz files for others.

Example 1: Downloading binaries

We'll use the project SCONS ( a python makefile system ) as a simple demo.

> srcforge scons

Using proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 Connecting to sourceforge... Files to download: 1) scons-0.96.92.win32.exe YES

Downloading from 'easynews.dl.sourceforge.net': scons-0.96.92.win32.exe 437641 bytes. |--------------------------------------------------------------------| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Example 2: Downloading source code only

> srcforge scons -src

Using proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 Connecting to sourceforge... Files to download: 1) scons-src-0.96.92.tar.gz YES

Downloading from 'easynews.dl.sourceforge.net': scons-src-0.96.92.tar.gz 1375075 bytes. |--------------------------------------------------------------------| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Example 3: Downloading everything for all platforms

> srcforge scons -all

Using proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 Connecting to sourceforge... Files to download: 1) scons-0.96.92-1.noarch.rpm YES 2) scons-0.96.92.tar.gz YES 3) scons-0.96.92.win32.exe YES 4) scons-0.96.92.zip YES 5) scons-local-0.96.92.tar.gz YES 6) scons-local-0.96.92.zip YES

Downloading from 'easynews.dl.sourceforge.net': scons-0.96.92-1.noarch.rpm 644187 bytes. .....etc....

Example 4: Choose what to download

> srcforge scons -all -ch

Using proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 Connecting to sourceforge... Files to download: 1) scons-0.96.92-1.noarch.rpm 2) scons-0.96.92.tar.gz 3) scons-0.96.92.win32.exe 4) scons-0.96.92.zip 5) scons-local-0.96.92.tar.gz 6) scons-local-0.96.92.zip

Choose one or more files to download: (Use '1 3 4' to toggle file or '3-5' for toggling a range)

1 3 1) scons-0.96.92-1.noarch.rpm YES 2) scons-0.96.92.tar.gz 3) scons-0.96.92.win32.exe YES 4) scons-0.96.92.zip 5) scons-local-0.96.92.tar.gz 6) scons-local-0.96.92.zip

Choose one or more files to download: (Use '1 3 4' to toggle file or '3-5' for toggling a range)