Using WGET from basic

From	Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject	Using WGET from basic
Date	2026-01-11 17:11 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<3e719a995c.Paul@phorefaux> (permalink)

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Hi all,

Recently started using WGET to fetch some files.
Is it possible to call this from a basic program and it mulitask in the 
background?

I have it working without issue from a basic program, it just single tasks 
whilst it's downloading.  Currently using: -

command$="wget "+webfilepath$+" -O "+scrapfilepath$+wgetoptions$ + " 
--show-progress"
SYS"XWimp_StartTask",command$

Added the --show-progress just so I can see it's doing something.

-- 
Paul Stewart
Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42

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Using WGET from basic Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2026-01-11 17:11 +0000
  Re: Using WGET from basic Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-01-12 01:28 +0000
    Re: Using WGET from basic Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 16:47 +0000
  Re: Using WGET from basic Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2026-01-12 18:23 +0000

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