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username and password doced and exampled; some tab to space corrections. 

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<head> <head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>Apache Ant User Manual</title>
<title>Get</title>
</head> </head>


<body> <body>
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<h2><a name="get">Get</a></h2> <h2><a name="get">Get</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3> <h3>Description</h3>
<p>Gets a file from a URL. When the verbose option is &quot;on&quot;, this task <p>Gets a file from a URL. When the verbose option is &quot;on&quot;, this task
displays a '.' for every 100 Kb retrieved.</p>
displays a '.' for every 100 Kb retrieved. Any URL schema supported by
the runtime is valid here, including http:, ftp:, and the classpath;
https: is only valid if the appropriate support is added to the pre-1.4 Java
runtimes.
</p>
<p>This task should be preferred above the <a href="cvs.html">CVS task</a> when <p>This task should be preferred above the <a href="cvs.html">CVS task</a> when
doing automated builds. CVS is significantly slower than loading a compressed
archive with http/ftp.</p>
fetching remote content. CVS is significantly slower than loading a compressed
archive compared to http/ftp.</p>


The <i>usetimestamp</i> option enables you to control downloads so that the remote file is The <i>usetimestamp</i> option enables you to control downloads so that the remote file is
only fetched if newer than the local copy. If there is no local copy, the download always takes only fetched if newer than the local copy. If there is no local copy, the download always takes
place. When a file is downloaded, the timestamp of the downloaded file is set to the remote timestamp, place. When a file is downloaded, the timestamp of the downloaded file is set to the remote timestamp,
if the JVM is Java1.2 or later. if the JVM is Java1.2 or later.
NB: This timestamp facility only works on downloads using the HTTP protocol. NB: This timestamp facility only works on downloads using the HTTP protocol.
<p>
A username and password can be specified, in which case basic 'slightly encoded
plain text' authentication is used. This is only a secure authentication
mechanism over an HTTPS link.
</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3> <h3>Parameters</h3>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr> <tr>
@@ -40,34 +51,52 @@ NB: This timestamp facility only works on downloads using the HTTP protocol.
<tr> <tr>
<td valign="top">verbose</td> <td valign="top">verbose</td>
<td valign="top">show verbose progress information (&quot;on&quot;/&quot;off&quot;).</td> <td valign="top">show verbose progress information (&quot;on&quot;/&quot;off&quot;).</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No; default "false"</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<td valign="top">ignoreerrors</td> <td valign="top">ignoreerrors</td>
<td valign="top">Log errors but don't treat as fatal.</td> <td valign="top">Log errors but don't treat as fatal.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No; default "false"</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<td valign="top">usetimestamp</td> <td valign="top">usetimestamp</td>
<td valign="top">conditionally download a file based on the timestamp of the local copy.
HTTP only</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
<td valign="top">conditionally download a file based on the timestamp of the
local copy. HTTP only</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No; default "false"</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">username</td>
<td valign="top">username for 'BASIC' http authentication</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">if password is set</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">password</td>
<td valign="top">password: required </td>
<td align="center" valign="top">if username is set</td>
</tr>

</table> </table>
<h3>Examples</h3> <h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> &lt;get src=&quot;http://jakarta.apache.org/&quot; dest=&quot;help/index.html&quot;/&gt;</pre> <pre> &lt;get src=&quot;http://jakarta.apache.org/&quot; dest=&quot;help/index.html&quot;/&gt;</pre>
<p>Gets the index page of http://jakarta.apache.org/, and stores it in the file <code>help/index.html</code>.</p> <p>Gets the index page of http://jakarta.apache.org/, and stores it in the file <code>help/index.html</code>.</p>


<pre> &lt;get src=&quot;http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/nightly/ant.zip&quot; <pre> &lt;get src=&quot;http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/nightly/ant.zip&quot;
dest=&quot;optional.jar&quot;
verbose=&quot;true&quot;
usetimestamp=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;</pre>
dest=&quot;optional.jar&quot;
verbose=&quot;true&quot;
usetimestamp=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;</pre>
<p> <p>
Gets the nightly ant build from the tomcat distribution, if the local copy Gets the nightly ant build from the tomcat distribution, if the local copy
is missing or out of date. Uses the verbose option is missing or out of date. Uses the verbose option
for progress information. for progress information.
</p> </p>


<pre> &lt;get src=&quot;https://insecure-bank.org/statement/user=1214&quot;
dest=&quot;statement.html&quot;
username="1214";
password="secret" /&gt;</pre>
<p>
Fetches some file from a server with access control. Because https is being used the
fact that basic auth sends passwords in plaintext is moot.
<hr> <hr>
<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000,2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights <p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000,2001 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
Reserved.</p> Reserved.</p>


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