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getWWW -- get a web page

Description

getWWW URL -- obtain the contents of the web page, together with the http headers, at the address given by URL, from an http server.
getWWW(URL,TEXT) -- obtain the contents of the web page addressed by URL from an http server, using the POST method, provided with TEXT.

This doesn't work under Solaris because Sun doesn't provide sockets or name service to statically linked programs like this one.

Accessing a secure web site (whose URL begins with https:) depends on your having installed openssl on your system.

Ways to use getWWW :