Text files from web servers--Say it ain't so!

[Devin Asay]

Sarah gets the prize. Once I calmed down and looked closer at the  
file I realized that all of the line endings were cr's (xtalk logical  
lines, produced on a Mac.) If I take the same files and save them  
from BBedit as unix or DOS format, the line breaks are preserved. So  
I just need to make sure I use a LF or CRLF as a line delimiter.

Thanks for the help.

Devin

On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> On 1/6/06, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:
>> I've spent the better part of two days coding a utility designed to
>> pull log files (plain ascii text) off a web server, then parse the
>> contents for a report. After initially testing the concept with local
>> files, today I realized that when you use the 'get URL "http://
>> myserver.com/myfile.log"' form it STRIPS ALL RETURNS out of the file!
>> I must have known this before, but it slipped my deteriorating mind.
>> Before I recode my utility, can someone tell me, is it possible to
>> pull a text file off a web server using the http protocol and retain
>> the return characters?
>
> What new line character does the log file use? it could be
> numToChar(10), numToChar(13) or CRLF (both together). Try getting the
> data and then checking for these three characters and replacing with
> CR.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
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Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University