Web Commander

# Web Commander

Basics | Features | Release Notes | Get Source | Get Binary | Help and Screen Shots

The Web Commander is a Win32 application for getting, saving, and deleting documents remotely using HTTP/1.1. It allows the user to explicitly control the metadata describing the document to save including the language, type, charset, etc.

- Binary updated September 24, 1998
- Improved help documentation
- Read how Web Commander solves the lost update problem!

The Web Commander is part of the the libwww - the W3C Sample Code Library and is available in both source and binary versions.

## The Basics

Author(s)
  Henrik Frystyk Nielsen
Status
  An example application for libwww.
Plans
  New releases follow the releases of libwww with no exception.
Platforms
  It runs on Win32 - it's a Windows specific GUI application
Getting the Source Code
  The Web Commander comes as an integral part of the libwww distribution package but you can also get the binary version
Forums
  Discussions on libwww and its example applications take place on <www-lib@w3.org> (archives). See the documentation for how to subscribe.

## Binary Installation Guide

As an exception, the Web Commander is provided as a binary as well as source. In binary form, you must first download it and then install it as explained below.

### Download and Verify Binary

Download the latest precompiled binary version here:

- WinCom-0.985.zip and PGP signature WinCom-0.985.zip.sig

All binary versions are signed with PGP. The zip file containing the software should always be accompanied by a `.sig` file containing a valid PGP signature for the file. I have signed the binary myself using my own key with ID 1F71508D. You can also get this key from the key servers.

### Install Binary

In order to install the binary version, complete the following steps:

1. Unzip the distribution file into your preferred location. All files in the zip file are packaged under the "`bin`" folder, so you may want to extract it into `C:\`, for example. That way, the Web Commander will end up as "`C:\bin\WinCom.exe`".
2. There is no installation wizard, but if you want to make a desktop shortcut then you can make a shortcut in the "`bin`" folder and drag it to the desktop.
3. If ever you want to uninstall the Web Commander then just delete the "`bin`" folder (make sure that you don't have anything else there, of course)

## Features

- Save a document from local disk, another HTTP server, or an FTP server onto your HTTP/1.1 server
- Delete and Get documents on your favorite HTTP/1.1 server
- Explicit control over metadata describing the source that you are saving like language, charset, etc.
- Support for version conflict detection - solves the lost update problem
- Support for proxies including ssh tunnelling
- See also the screen shots for samples and help