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use cgi to parse a url?

KingSky
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Jun 28, 2000, 5:49 PM

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use cgi to parse a url?	Can't Post

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to parse a url and return just the filename. For example, take the following url:

"http://www.moochers.com/vbrun100.zip"

and return the value of "vbrun100.zip"

This needs to be a dynamic script that removes the urls, I have thousands of different urls to parse, so it can't just be set to remove the http://www.moochers.com/ line. I know I read about how to do this, but I can't remember where and I appreciate anyone who can tell me how or point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

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Kevin Johnson
http://www.moochers.com/

dws
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Jun 28, 2000, 6:54 PM

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Re: use cgi to parse a url? [In reply to]	Can't Post

$url = "http://www.moochers.com/vbrun100.zip";
($file) = $url =~ m/([^\/]*)$/;

This assumes that if the URL is "http://www.moochers.com/foo/bar.zip" you're only interested in "bar.zip".

KingSky
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Jun 28, 2000, 7:10 PM

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Re: use cgi to parse a url? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks a lot... That was Exactly what I was looking for!

I'm going to use it on my software website to allow users to search for other download sites on ftp sites like fastftp, but I needed just the filename to do so.

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Kevin Johnson
http://www.moochers.com/

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