[Info-vax] somewhat off-topic: command line on iOS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/3/2021 4:46 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/3/2021 3:19 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> Having sadly noted the fact that my VMS web browsers are increasingly
>> not good enough (or that web pages are increasingly overcomplicated with
>> bells and whistles), and that VSI probably won't offer a modern broswer
>> on VMS until I get around to convincing Elon Musk to fund it (how cool
>> would it be to have VMS the first proper OS on Mars?), for some things I
>> am forced to using a non-VMS system and then need to get downloaded
>> files to and from VMS.
> 
> I'm not sure a browser is the best tool for downloading data from the 
> web.  Rather easy when it works.  Doesn't always work well.

If a browser can't download it correctly then likely
nothing can.

But something command line that can be scripted is
just so much nicer for download.

Unfortunately login requirement and session cookie,
download links dynamically created by JavaScript etc.
sometimes makes a browser convenient, because it knows
how to deal with all that.

Arne