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        ### shell out ###
        my $captured;
        unless(run( command => $cmd,
                    buffer  => \$captured,
                    verbose => $DEBUG )
        ) {
            return $self->_error(loc("Command failed: %1", $captured || ''));
        }

        ### print to local file ###
        ### XXX on a 404 with a special error page, $captured will actually
        ### hold the contents of that page, and make it *appear* like the
        ### request was a success, when really it wasn't :(
        ### there doesn't seem to be an option for lynx to change the exit
        ### code based on a 4XX status or so.
        ### the closest we can come is using --error_file and parsing that,
        ### which is very unreliable ;(
        $local->print( $captured );
        $local->close or return;

        return $to;

inc/inc_File-Fetch/File/Fetch.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

example, to use an ftp proxy:

    $ENV{ftp_proxy} = 'foo.com';

Refer to the LWP::UserAgent manpage for more details.

=head2 I used 'lynx' to fetch a file, but its contents is all wrong!

C<lynx> can only fetch remote files by dumping its contents to C<STDOUT>,
which we in turn capture. If that content is a 'custom' error file
(like, say, a C<404 handler>), you will get that contents instead.

Sadly, C<lynx> doesn't support any options to return a different exit
code on non-C<200 OK> status, giving us no way to tell the difference
between a 'successful' fetch and a custom error page.

Therefor, we recommend to only use C<lynx> as a last resort. This is
why it is at the back of our list of methods to try as well.

=head2 Files I'm trying to fetch have reserved characters or non-ASCII characters in them. What do I do?