SGI Developer Toolbox 6.1/SGI Developer Toolbox 6.1 - Disc 4.iso/public/ImageMagick/xtp/get

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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Retrieve files from remote host using standard 'host: filename' string:
#
#   get export.lcs.mit.edu: contrib/ImageMagick.tar.Z
#
$host=shift || die "Usage: get host/ip-address file\n";
$file=shift || die "Usage: get host/ip-address file\n";
$host=~s/:$//;
$directory=`dirname $file`;
chop($directory);
$file=`basename $file`;
chop($file);
printf("Getting %s in directory %s from host %s...\n",$file,$directory,$host);
$pid=fork;
if ($pid == 0)
  {
    exec("xtp -r $file -b $host $directory");
    exit(0);
  }
exit(0);