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HttpUrlConnection GetInputStream()

I am working on a Linux machine coding in Java... I am using HttpUrlConnection GetInputStream() to download files from a site
Http://www.somesite.com/somefile.txt
Http://www.somesite.com/somefile.avi

The problem is that it will only download files with certain extensions, such as .txt, mpeg, sql and so on.
But I need to download many media files such as .flv, .avi
I realise that .flv and .avi is not recognised on my Linux machine, because when I type in Http://www.somesite.com/somefile.avi in the browser, it comes back with page not found.

how can i get around this problem?

Many thanks...
Marika

chingmd

Veriy that the file truly exists. Double check capitolization.
You can also try the command: wget http://www.somesite.com/somefile.avi

There are many ways to obsfucate locations of files.

zeraxis_ee

ASKER

Thanks... you were right about the .avi.

However, the problem still remains. If I am trying to download files where the file type is unknown, it will not download. For example .flv .properties etc.

I double checked that the files exist in the file system, but when I am trying to open in the browser, because it is unknown file type... I get page cannot be found. The web application, where the files are being downloaded from is running on IIS... I am guessing I need to set something on IIS to recognise those files.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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