Re: Automated download by type?

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From: Marcus Houlden
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00

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Andy Mabbett wrote:
> 
> I'm using ie4 and Win 95/ 8 (work & home).
> 
> I know there are utilities which will "preload" all the pages linked to
> from one a parent web page (and that some servers block such access).
> 
> (Are these any good, BTW? Which is best?)
> 
> I'm looking for a similar utility, which will allow me to specify that I
> want to download (and save to disc) all files of a certain type linked
> to from a particular page - *.zip, *.exe, *.ttf, or whatever - and NOT
> follow links to other pages.
> 
> Additionally/ alternatively, it might offer me a list of the files, and
> I could specify (tick box, or whatever) which I want downloading, and
> to where.
> 
> Does such a beast exist?

I don't know if it does quite what you want but the IE4 Powertoys
include something to list all the links in a page in one place.
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Subject: Re: Automated download by type?
Date: 1999/03/19
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